Sichuan quake death toll remains unchanged at 69,196
2008-07-07 08:32:49 GMT 2008-07-07 16:32:49 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's major earthquake still stood at Saturday's figure of 69,196 as of Monday noon, the State Council Information Office said in a statement on Monday.
The number of the injured and the missing also stood at 374,176and 18,379 respectively after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.
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