Death toll in the 6.6-magnitude quake that hit China's Gansu province on Monday has risen to 95, say local authorities.
The quake that jolted Minxian and Zhangxian counties in the city of Dingxi has killed 95 and injured more than one thousand people, confirmed the Deputy Director of the Provincial Civil Affairs Department, Zhang Kebing.
The 6.6-maganitude quake was followed by an aftershock of 5.6-magnitude about an hour later.
Initially, Chinese state media reported that only 11 people were killed in the quakes but Tuesday officials confirmed that at least ninety people had been killed in the tragedy.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission has asked Gansu province to deploy health experts including psychological experts to help survivors deal with the trauma.
Chinese Ministry of Education Wednesday said that more than 360 schools and 77,000 students have been affected by the quakes in the province.
Classrooms and dormitories in many of the schools were damaged and around 16,100 students will not be able to attend classes, the Ministry of Education added.
A devastating quake in 2008 killed around 90,000 people in the neighboring Sichuan Province.
About $6 billion (40.8 billion Chinese yuan) in relief funds was allocated by the government following the devastation in 2008. A large amount of the fund was misused by corrupt local officials, according to China's National Audit Office.
