Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

    BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's massive earthquake reported no increase from Thursday's figure, freezing at 69,180 of Friday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

    The number of the injured also remained at 374,008 and people reported missing dropped by eight to 17,398 after the 8.0-magnitude quake rocked southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

    Hospitals had treated 95,959 injured people as of Friday noon, of whom 81,046 had been discharged and 12,279 were still in hospital.

    By Friday, about 1.44 million quake survivors had been rescued and evacuated.

    Relief supplies continued to pour into the quake zone. As of Friday noon, about 1.5 million tents, 4.87 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, 1.24 million tonnes of fuel oil and 2.66 million tonnes of coal had been sent.

    The office said as of Friday, relief workers had built 238,700 temporary houses and another 39,300 were being installed, while the materials for 85,300 houses had arrived in the affected areas.

    As of Friday noon, the government disaster relief fund had reached 54.31 billion yuan (7.87 billion U.S. dollars), including 49.6 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.7 billion yuan from the local budget.

    About 19.6 billion yuan of the central budget was allocated for disaster relief and 30 billion yuan for reconstruction.

    In addition, domestic and foreign donations had reached 46.58 billion yuan in cash and goods, among which 15.6 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

    In the 24 hours that ended Friday noon, 201 aftershocks were monitored in the quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration.

    Three of the tremors were above 4.0 magnitude but under 5.0, while the rest were at or below 3.9 magnitude.

    A total of 13,297 aftershocks had been detected since May 12.

    As of Friday noon, 52,195 km of damaged highways restored operation, up 5 km over the previous report, while 53,295 km of roads were destroyed in the quake, according to the Ministry of Transport.

    And 40,650.1 km of the 47,642.5 km quake-damaged water pipelines had been repaired, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

    As of Friday noon, power supply had been restored in 123 of the 125 towns, which suffered a cut-off in the quake zone.