Ten people sustained severe injuries in the New Year’s Eve stampede that claimed the lives of 36 people in Shanghai, local authorities said yesterday. Four of them are in a critical condition but they are improving.

The injury toll rose to 49 after Changzheng Hospital received two more patients on Thursday but they were released shortly afterward after treatment for minor injuries.

Another 11 people were allowed home yesterday while 29 others are still undergoing treatment, said Wu Jinglei, a spokesman for the city’s health and family planning commission.

Wu said the identities of all the injured had been confirmed and hospitals had contacted their next of kin.(Eastday/Jiang Wenran)