CHENGDU, May 14, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, southwestern Sichuan Province has reported 12,012 death in Monday's quake, according to the disaster relief center under the State Council.
Another 9,404 were buried in debris, 7,841 were missing and 26,206 people were injured, according to the headquarters.
Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan, provided a breakdown of the death toll, including 161 in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 7,395 in Mianyang City, 2,648 in Deyang City, 959 in the provincial capital Chengdu and 700 in Guangyuan City. Other casualties were reported in cities including Ya'an, Ziyang and the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The death toll climbed from an earlier tally provided by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which put the Sichuan death toll at 11,608. Authorities said the death toll might change every hour, as they heard reports from rescuers who were seizing every minute to pull out bodies from the earthquake rubble.
The earthquake, which centered on the province's Wenchuan County at 2:28 p.m. Monday, has left the province in chaos. More than 3.46 million houses were wracked, Li said.
Li said he was deeply saddened by the super earthquake. He called on both officials and the masses in Sichuan to speed up efforts to fight the disaster and rescue themselves.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who arrived in Sichuan Monday afternoon to oversee rescue work, ordered the clearance of rocks and mud slides that were blocking roads to the epicenter by midnight on Tuesday.
"People are trapped in debris; we must use every second," he told an emergency meeting at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon, a brigade of about 30 soldiers reached Yingxiu Town of the earthquake epicenter Wenchuan, the disaster relief headquarters in the Chengdu Military Area Command said.
The soldiers reported they saw more than 70 percent of the roads in the town were wracked, and nearly all bridges collapsed. A large number of people were believed to be under the debris.
They said 3,000 people were known to have survived, and the town's total population is 12,000. No information on detailed casualties could be available.
Li Shiming, commander of the Chengdu Military Area Command, said the soldiers had distributed food and water to children and injured people in the town, and more supplies would be airdropped to the area.
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中国：四川地震死亡人数达12012人
成都，2008年5月14日（COMTEX News Network转新华社新闻）--截止至周二晚上七点，据国务院下属的灾害救援中心报道，位于中国西南部的四川省在周一的地震中死亡的人数已经达到12012人。
来自抗震指挥部的消息，另有9404人被废墟掩埋，7841人失踪，收治26206人。
四川省副省长李成云公布了死亡人数的具体分布，包括阿坝藏族羌族自治州为161人，绵阳市为7395人，德阳市为2648人，省会成都市为959人，广元市为700人。雅安市、资阳市及甘孜藏族自治州等地据报道也有不同程度的人员伤亡。
死亡人数较先前民政部公布的11608人有所上升。官方称死亡人数可能每小时都会发生变化，他们得知救援人员正抓紧每分每秒在震后废墟中挖掘伤亡群众。
此次地震震中位于汶川县，发生时间为周一下午2点28分。李成云说，地震使得全省陷入混乱，超过346万座房屋倒塌。
李成云说，他为这次强地震造成的伤亡感到深切悲痛。他号召四川的官方和民间组织加紧努力对抗灾害，救助同胞。
中国总理温家宝于周一下午抵达四川视察救灾工作，命令救援部队于周二半夜前清除掉阻挡前往震中地区道路的岩石和泥石流。
“群众被困在废墟中；我们必须抓紧每一秒，”他在周二早上7点的一次紧急会议上讲道。
成都军区的抗震指挥部说，一队约30人的官兵已于周二下午抵达位于震源中心的汶川县映秀镇。
据官兵称，他们看到整个镇上超过70%的道路损毁，几乎所有桥梁全部倒塌。他们认为有很多人被压在废墟之下。
据悉有3000人幸存，而全镇人口为12000人。具体伤亡人数还不得而知。
成都军区司令李世明说官兵们已经向镇上的孩子和受伤群众派发了食物和水，更多的补给品将被空投到该地区。