A Chinese government spokesman says the death toll in the earthquake more than two weeks ago has risen to 68,109.

A Chinese government spokesman today said the death toll from the earthquake that struck two weeks ago had risen to 65,080.

A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 others in Sichuan province.

China’s Water Ministry says 69 dams are in danger of bursting in Sichuan province in the wake of an earthquake nearly two weeks ago.

China said today the toll of dead and missing from last week’s powerful earthquake had jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.