Sichuan Vice Governor Li Chengyun announced in the afternoon of May 13th that the number of deaths in the Sichuan Province caused by the WenChuan earthquake has exceeded 12,000 people.
Li Chengyun made the above announcement at a press conference held by the Sichuan Provincial Government on the same day. This was also the first press conference held by the Sichuan Provincial Government since the WenChuan earthquake. Li Chengyun said that similar press conferences will be held regularly in the future.
Li Chengyun said that as of 16:00 on May 13th, according to incomplete statistics, the disaster situation within the Sichuan Province was as follows: the death toll has exceeded 12,000 people, with 26,206 injured and 9,404 buried. In addition, 3.46 million houses have collapsed or been damaged.
Among the deceased, there were 161 from the Aba Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 7,395 from Mianyang City, 2,648 from Deyang City, 959 from Chengdu City, 700 from Guangyuan City, as well as different degrees of casualties in Ya'an City, Ziyang City and Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, etc.