China quake toll tops 67,000

BEIJING, May 27 (AFP):

The death toll from China’s earthquake rose to 67,183 Tuesday, with another 20,790 missing, a government spokesman said. “As of noon on May 27, the earthquake has caused 67,183 deaths,” cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a press conference. He said the confirmed number of injured from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan province stood at 361,822. The new death toll was a rise of just over 2,100 from Monday’s confirmed tally of 65,080.