Beijing -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by one to 34,074 as 12:00 pm Tuesday, according to the earthquake relief headquarters of the State Council.

And 245,963 people were injured and 32,361 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province last Monday. By Monday midnight, 360,159 people trapped during the quake had been rescued and transported to safe areas, among them 6,375 were excavated from rubble left behind by the quake.

By Tuesday, 124 orphans, senior people who lost their family members during Sichuan's devastating earthquake and handicapped people left unprovided for have been found in China's quake-hit areas, Jiang Li, vice minister of civil affairs said.

Donations to the quake-hit regions had reached 13.925 billion yuan (US$2.01 billion) with 12.516 billion yuan in cash and 1.408 yuan in relief supplies as of Tuesday noon.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs, armed forces and RCSC had dispatched 278,462 tents, 783,984 quilts and 1.78 million cotton-padded clothes as well as food and drinking water worth of 218 million yuan to the quake zones by 1 pm Tuesday, said Jiang.

30 Radioactive sources buried recovered

China has recovered 30 of the 32 radioactive sources buried in last Monday's earthquake, while the remained two have been located, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday.