The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Saturday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. According to an Urgent Notice from General Office
under the Ministry of Health on Standardizing Reports on Infectious
SARS, the SARS reports will be put under and managed by the
Managing System of National Disease Reports as of April 26. Health
bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on
the mainland must report SARS situation by 12:00 am, the deadline,
to the Ministry of Health and the report must cover all situations
and data they collect before 10:00 am.
On
April 26, 10 provinces reported new SARS cases, six provinces
reported new suspected cases and 15 provinces reported no cases. By
10 am of April 26, 26 provinces reported SARS cases.
From 8 pm of April 24 to 10 am of April 26, China reported
154 new cases (including 8 medical workers), 8 patients recovered
and 7 deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 113 new cases, 3 patients recovered and 6
deaths
- Tianjin reported 1 new case
- Hebei reported 3 new cases
- Shanxi reported 22 new cases
- Inner Mongolia reported 4 new cases
- Henan reported 1 new case
- Hubei reported 1 new case
- Guangdong reported 5 new cases, 5 patients recovered and 1
death
- Sichuan reported 1 new case
- Shaanxi reported 3 new cases
By 10 am of April 26, China had a total of 2,753 SARS cases
(including 588 medical workers), which included 1,285 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 122 deaths.
From 8 pm of April 24 to 10 am of April 26, China had 327 new
suspected cases, including 173 from Beijing, 27 from Tianjin, 9
from Hebei, 18 from Shanxi, 18 from Inner Mongolia, 1 from
Heilongjiang, 4 from Shanghai, 1 from Zhejiang, 1 from Anhui, 1
from Henan, 3 from Hubei, 61 from Guangdong, 2 from Guangxi, 1 from
Chongqing, 3 from Sichuan and 4 from Shaanxi. By 10 am of April 26,
China had a total of 1,730 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn April 26, 2003)