The death toll in earthquake-hit areas is on the rise said Asif Iqbal Daudzai, the NWFP Information Minister, putting the confirmed deaths at 4,748. Briefing newsmen about rescue activities in earthquake-affected areas, the provincial minister said that so far 8,970 people were reported injured.The majority of the victims belong to different parts of Mansehra, where 3,000 people were killed. The minister added that 3,005 out of 8,970 injured belong to the various villages and towns of the Mansehra district. The minister said that so far 800 casualties have been confirmed at Batagram, whereas 4,500 people were injured. In Shangla district, 289 people were killed and 327 were injured, in Abbottabad 515 were killed and 830 injured and in Kohistan, the number of casualties was 131 and 161 people were injured. He added that six people had been killed in Swat, three in Peshawar and Buner and one in Mardan. The number of injured in Swat was counted at 699 in Peshawar, 20 in Buner, 22 in Charsada, 25 in Mardan and two in Nowshehra.