NEW : The Chinese government allocated 3 million yuan ( about $ 480,400 ) to rescue and relief efforts Sunday , a day after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang traveled to the area from Beijing , state media reported . 186 people are dead and 8,200 hospitalized , Chinese state media Xinhua reports . NEW : The death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang travels to the area . The quake struck about 70 miles from the city of Chengdu in Sichuan .
NEW : 186 people are dead and 8,200 hospitalized , Chinese state media Xinhua reports . NEW : The death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang travels to the area . The quake struck about 70 miles from the city of Chengdu in Sichuan .