As of Thursday morning, August 10, the death toll from the disaster increased to 20 people. According to the local newspaper People's Daily on Twitter, from midnight the number of people injured increased to 431 people.

At the same time the authorities evacuated more than 60 thousand people.

Recall earlier reported that the number of victims in the earthquake in China was 19 people, and injured - 247, including 40 people who are in extremely serious condition due to injuries.

As reported URA-Inform, among the dead and injured during the earthquake in Sichuan province in China, there are no citizens of Ukraine. This was assured journalists in the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.