Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 11:00
AFP News Briefs ListChina's quake death toll reaches 32,477
The confirmed death toll from China's earthquake rose Sunday to 32,477, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing the government's disaster relief headquarters.
It put the number of injured at 220,109.
The confirmed death toll rose by more than 3,500 from the day before.
The government has estimated more than 50,000 people died from last Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake, China's worst natural disaster in a generation.
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A Taiwanese Red Cross rescue team searches for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building in Mianzhu, in southwest China's Sichuan province on May 17. The confirmed death toll from China's earthquake has risen to 32,477, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing the government's disaster relief headquarters.
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