
Rescuers carry Jiang Yuhang, who is saved about 125 hours
after Monday's earthquake, to a helicopter at Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan
County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 17, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from magnitude 8.0 earthquake
that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province had risen to 32,476 nationwide as
of 2 p.m. Sunday, the emergency response office under the State Council said
Sunday evening, correcting a previous figure of 32,477.
The number of injured reached 220,109, it said.
In Sichuan alone, a total of 31,978 people were killed since Monday's
deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake, with 209,905 others injured.
Statistics from the emergency response office show that the death toll in
Deyang and Mianyang cities of the province hit 10,341 and 11,874 respectively.
The office also gave a breakdown of the death toll in other areas as 4,156
in Chengdu, 2,586 in Guangyuan, 2,871 in Aba and 23 in Ya'an.
Outside Sichuan, the death toll was 364 in Gansu Province, 113 in Shaanxi
Province, 16 in Chongqing Municipality, two in Henan Province, one in Yunnan
Province, one in Hubei Province, and one in Hunan Province.

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers transfer the
injured victims to the safe areas in the quake-hit Qingchuan County, southwest
China's Sichuan Province, May 17, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)