The death toll of China's massive earthquake increased by four overnight to 69,163 as of Friday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

A total of 374,142 people were injured and 17,445 others were still missing after the 8.0-magnitude quake rocked southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

Hospitals had treated 95,572 injured people as of Friday noon, of whom 77,962 had been discharged and 15,007 were still being treated.

By Thursday, more than 1.4 million quake survivors had been found and evacuated.

As of Friday noon, the government disaster relief fund had reached 53.76 billion yuan (about US$7.68 billion), including 49.15 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.61 billion yuan from the local budget.

Relief supplies continued to pour into the quake zone. As of Friday noon, about 1.17 million tents, 4.772 million quilts, 14 million garments, 978,300 tonnes of fuel oil and 2.09 million tonnes of coal had been sent.

The office said as of Thursday, relief workers had built 107,500 temporary houses and another 28,800 were being installed, while the materials for 95,100 makeshift houses had arrived in the affected areas.

In addition, domestic and foreign donations had reached 45.5 billion yuan in cash and goods, among which 14 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

(Xinhua News Agency June 13, 2008)