(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-24 16:21

BEIJING -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,820 to 60,560 as of Saturday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council.

And 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.

A total of 45.5 million people have been affected by the quake, according to the office.