The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Wednesday
afternoon a press release in the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On April 30, 7 provinces reported new SARS cases
and new suspected cases. Two provinces reported new SARS cases, 5
provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 17
provinces reported no case. By 10:00 am of April 30, 26 provinces
reported SARS cases.
From 10:00 am of April 29 to 10:00 am of April 30, China reported
166 new cases (including 21 medical workers), 8 patients recovered
and 11 deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 101 new cases, 7 patients recovered and 9
deaths. Of the 101 cases, 31 used to be suspected cases and now are
confirmed as SARS patients
- Tianjin reported 5 new cases, 1 death
- Hebei reported 9 new cases
- Shanxi reported 34 new cases, 1 patient recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported 7 new cases, 1 death
- Jiangsu reported 1 new case
- Anhui reported 2 new cases
- Guangdong reported 6 new cases
- Guangxi reported 1 new case.
By 10:00 am of April 30, China had a total of 3,460 SARS
cases (including 727 medical workers), which included 1,332
patients (Inner Mongolia added 2 patients discharged) who had
recovered and been discharged from hospital and 159 deaths. Beijing
reported 8 patients (including 3 medical workers) who had been
falsely diagnosed with SARS. Shanxi reported 1 patient who had been
falsely diagnosed with SARS.
From 10:00 am of April 29 to 10:00 am of April 30, China also
reported 224 new suspected cases, including 116 from Beijing, 8
from Tianjin, 19 from Hebei, 17 from Shanxi, 19 from Inner
Mongolia, 2 from Shanghai, 1 from Anhui, 3 from Henan, 33 from
Guangdong, 3 from Sichuan, 1 from Shaanxi, and 2 from Ningxia. By
10:00 am of April 30, China had a total of 2,203 suspected
cases.
(China.org.cn April 30, 2003)