The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 119 to 68, 977 as of Saturday noon, the Information Office of the State Council said.

Another 367, 854 people were counted as injured and 17, 974 listed as missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12. 

A total of 45.55 million people were affected by quake, of whom 15.15 million were relocated, according to the office.

Hospitals had treated 89, 818 injured survivors as of Saturday noon, of whom 59, 877 were discharged, 12, 797 were still being treated and 9, 245 were transferred outside of Sichuan for further treatment.

As of Saturday noon, domestic and foreign donations stood at 40.1 billion yuan (about 5.8 billion U.S. dollars) and 10.78 billion yuan in cash and goods were forwarded to the disaster area, the office said.

Government disaster relief funds hit 22.57 billion yuan including 18.29 billion yuan from the central government and 4.28 billion yuan from local governments, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Relief supplies including 678, 900 tents, 4.37 million cotton-padded quilts, 10.7 million garments, 590, 000 tonnes of fuel oil and 1.2 million tonnes of coal were sent to the quake-hit areas.

As of Friday, rescuers had found and evacuated 782, 004 people, of whom 6, 541 were dug out from under debris.

Also, 4, 900 temporary shelters were set up in quake areas and 6, 700 temporary shelters were being erected and 29, 900 were being shipped to the quake regions.

In the 24 hours ending Saturday noon, 215 aftershocks were monitored in southwest China's quake zone, according to the China Seismological Bureau.

No aftershocks above 4.0 on the Richter scale were detected and all the 215 aftershocks were measured below 3.9, the office said, adding that 9, 519 aftershocks had been monitored since May 12 when the major quake struck.

June 1st                                 Special Report