The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Tuesday
afternoon a press release in the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On April 29, 9 provinces reported new SARS cases
and new suspected cases, 1 province reported new SARS cases, 8
provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 13
provinces reported no case. By 10 am of April 29, 26 provinces
reported SARS cases.
From 10 am of April 28 to 10 am of April 29, China reported 202 new
cases (including 57 medical workers), 16 patients recovered and 9
deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 152 new cases, 5 patients recovered and 7
deaths. Of the 152 cases, 49 used to be suspected cases and now are
confirmed as SARS patients
- Tianjin reported 1 new case
- Hebei reported 9 new cases, 1 death
- Shanxi reported 23 new cases, 1 patient recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported 7 new cases, 1 death
- Anhui reported 1 new case
- Henan reported 1 new case
- Guangdong reported 4 new cases, and 10 recovered
- Guangxi reported 1 new case
- Shaanxi reported 3 new cases.
By 10 am of April 29, China had a total of 3,303 SARS cases
(including 709 medical workers), which included 1,322 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 148 deaths.
Beijing reported 4 patients (including 1 medical worker) who had
been falsely diagnosed with SARS. Inner Mongolia had one case
reported twice Monday, so the repeated case was removed in
Tuesday's report.
From 10 am of April 28 to 10 am of April 29, China also reported
321 new suspected cases, including 149 from Beijing, 8 from
Tianjin, 12 from Hebei, 49 from Shanxi, 30 from Inner Mongolia, 2
from Liaoning, 1 from Shanghai, 1 from Jiangsu, 1 from Anhui, 3
from Henan, 2 from Hubei, 1 from Hunan, 54 from Guangdong, 2 from
Chongqing, 4 from Sichuan, 1 from Shaanxi, and 1 from Gansu. By 10
am of April 29, China had a total of 2,259 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn April 29, 2003)