Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake    

    BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's massive earthquake increased by four to 69,185 as of Tuesday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

    The number of the injured remained unchanged from Sunday's 374,171 and people reported missing dropped from Monday's figure by 31 to 18,467 after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

    As of Tuesday noon, 96,185 injured people had been hospitalized and 82,696 have recovered and been discharged. There are still 10,853 people remaining in hospital, the office said in a statement.

    The government disaster relief fund had reached 54.32 billion yuan (about 7.76 billion U.S. dollars), including 49.61 billion yuan from the central government and 4.71 billion yuan from the local budget.

    As of Tuesday noon, domestic and foreign donations had reached 53.03 billion yuan in cash and goods, of which 18.82 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

    As of Monday, relief workers had built 313,700 temporary houses and another 32,100 were being installed, while the materials for 63,700 of such shelters had arrived in the affected areas.

    As of Tuesday noon, about 1.58 million tents, 4.87 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, and 1.37 million tons of fuel oil had been sent to the quake-hit areas, it said.

    In the 24 hours that ended Tuesday noon, 141 aftershocks were monitored in the quake zone. All the tremors measured at or below 3.9 magnitude on the Richter scale, according to the China Earthquake Administration.

    Of the 48,275.5 km water supply pipelines damaged during the quake, 42,514.9 km had been repaired by Tuesday noon, according to the office.

    A total of 53,295 km of roads were damaged in the quake and 52,258 km had been restored, the office said.