The latest quake death toll confirmed by the State Council is just under 32,500, while the number of injured has reached over 220,000. In Sichuan alone, 31,978 people have been killed, with 209,905 others injured.

On Sunday morning, an aftershock measuring 6 on the Richter scale jolted Jiangyou City in northern Sichuan, causing cracks in the mountain and seriously damaging the city’s roads.