The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by five to 69,127 as of Thursday noon, the Information Office of the State Council said.
A total of 373,612 people were injured and 17,918 others remained missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and some other areas on May 12, while 45.71 million people were affected by the disaster.
Hospitals had treated 97,631 injured people, of whom 74,165 had been discharged, 20,878 were still being treated and 9,595 who were transferred outside of Sichuan Province were still receiving treatment, according to the office.
By Wednesday, 1,112,864 quake survivors had been found and evacuated by rescuers.
In the 24 hours ending Thursday noon, 166 aftershocks were monitored in southwest China's quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration.
Among the tremors, two measured from 4.0 to 4.9 on the Richter scale and the others at or below 3.9, the administration said.