Beijing -- A total of 39,577 people have been confirmed dead in last Monday's massive earthquake in Sichuan Province alone and another 236,359 people injured as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan Province, told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that 60,026 people have been rescued from earthquake debris and close to 4.85 million people relocated.
The official called for urgent aid of tents, "the quake zones need more than 3 million tents ... if the public wants to donate, please donate tents."
By Tuesday, 124 orphans, senior people who lost their family members during Sichuan's devastating earthquake and handicapped people left unprovided for have been found in China's quake-hit areas, Jiang Li, vice minister of civil affairs said.
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Soldiers feed milk to Song Xinyi, a 3-year-old earthquake survivor, in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. [Xinhua]
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Donations to the quake-hit regions had reached 13.925 billion yuan (US$2.01 billion) with 12.516 billion yuan in cash and 1.408 yuan in relief supplies as of Tuesday noon.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs, armed forces and RCSC had dispatched 278,462 tents, 783,984 quilts and 1.78 million cotton-padded clothes as well as food and drinking water worth of 218 million yuan to the quake zones by 1 pm Tuesday, said Jiang.
30 Radioactive sources buried recovered
China has recovered 30 of the 32 radioactive sources buried in last Monday's earthquake, while the remained two have been located, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday.
