The death toll of China's major earthquake still stood at Wednesday's figure of 69,185 as of Thursday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

The number of the injured reached 374,174 and people reported missing dropped from Wednesday's figure by one to 18,457 after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

(Xinhua News Agency June 26, 2008)