The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Friday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation in the
Chinese mainland. All provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities on the mainland reported a total of 180 new SARS
cases with 23 patients recovered and 5 deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 103 new cases, 9 patients recovered and 3
deaths
- Tianjin reported 13 new cases
- Hebei 12 new cases
- Shanxi 11 new cases, 1 death
- Inner Mongolia 23 new cases
- Henan 1 new case;
- Guangdong 15 new cases, 14 recovered, and 1 death
- Guangxi 1 new case;
- Sichuan 1 new case.
By 8 pm of April 24, China had a total of 2,601 SARS cases
(including 578 medical workers), which included 1,277 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 115 deaths.
Among these figures, a total of 877 cases (involving 160 medical
workers), including 73 recovered and 42 deaths, were reported in
Beijing.
A
total of 21 cases (involving 10 medical workers), including 2
deaths, were reported in Tianjin.
18
cases (involving 5 medical workers; the diagnosed case in
Thursday's report has been proved to be not a medical worker.) were
reported in Hebei Province.
173 cases (involving 46 medical workers), including 14 recovered
and 8 deaths, were reported in Shanxi.
70
cases (involving 11 medical workers), including 6 deaths, were
reported in Inner Mongolia.
1
case was reported in Liaoning.
7
cases (including 2 medical workers) were reported in Jilin.
2
cases were reported in Shanghai; 3 in Zhejiang; and 1 in Anhui.
3
cases including 1 recovered were reported in Fujian.
1
case was reported in Shandong;
9
cases including 1 medical worker were reported in Henan;
1
case (medical worker) was reported in Hubei.
6
cases including 5 recovered and 1 death were reported in Hunan.
A
total of 1,374 cases (involving 342 medical workers), including
1,173 recovered and 50 deaths, were reported in Guangdong.
16
cases including 8 recovered and 3 deaths were reported in Guangxi.
Guangxi also reported 1 patient who had been falsely diagnosed with
SARS.
9
cases including 3 recovered and 2 deaths were reported in
Sichuan.
5
cases including 1 death were reported in Ningxia.
Shaanxi reported 2 cases and Gansu 2 cases.
In
addition, a total of 330 suspected cases were reported from across
the mainland Friday. By 8 pm of April 24, the total number of
suspected cases nationwide was 1,482, including 954 from Beijing,
26 from Tianjin, 22 from Hebei, 135 from Shanxi, 128 from Inner
Mongolia, 7 from Jilin, 18 from Shanghai, 2 from Jiangsu, 5 from
Zhejiang, 2 from Jiangxi, 1 from Shandong; 4 from Henan, 10 from
Hubei, 2 from Hunan, 127 from Guangdong, 2 from Guangxi, 2 from
Chongqing; 15 from Sichuan; 15 from Shaanxi, 2 from Gansu, 2 from
Ningxia, and 1 from Xinjiang.
(China.org.cn April 25, 2003)