Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China News

A TOTAL of 374,141 people were injured when the 8.0-magnitude quake devastated southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions a month ago, the State Council Information Office said yesterday.

Hospitals had treated 95,516 injured people by noon yesterday, of whom 77,437 had been discharged.

By Wednesday, more than 1.4 million quake survivors had been found and evacuated to safety.

Relief supplies continue to pour into the quake zone.

By noon yesterday, about 1.11 million tents, 4.772 million quilts, 14 million garments, 947,700 tons of fuel oil and 2.02 million tons of coal had been sent to the disaster areas.

The government disaster relief fund has now reached 23.61 billion yuan (US$3.42 billion), including 19.01 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.6 billion yuan from the local budget.

In addition, domestic and foreign donations had reached 44.85 billion yuan in cash and goods, among which 13.97 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

In the 24 hours to noon yesterday, 178 aftershocks were monitored in the quake zone, none above 4.0 magnitude, according to the China Earthquake Administration.

A total of 11,779 aftershocks have been detected in the quake areas since May 12.