The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Thursday
afternoon a press release in the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On May 1, 8 provinces reported new SARS cases and
new suspected cases. Seven provinces reported new suspected cases,
and the remaining 16 provinces reported no case. By 10:00 am of May
1, 26 provinces reported SARS cases.
From 10:00 am of April 30 to 10:00 am of May 1, China reported 187
new cases (including 28 medical workers), 19 patients recovered and
11 deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 122 new cases, 10 patients recovered and 7
deaths. Of the 122 cases, 40 used to be suspected cases and now are
confirmed as SARS patients
- Tianjin reported 12 new cases
- Hebei reported 8 new cases
- Shanxi reported 8 new cases, 3 patient recovered, 1 death
- Inner Mongolia reported 27 new cases, 2 death
- Jilin reported 2 new cases, 1 death
- Fujian reported 1 recovered
- Henan reported 1 new case
- Guangdong reported 7 new cases, 5 recovered
By 10:00 am of May 1, China had a total of 3,638 SARS cases
(including 753 medical workers), which included 1,351 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 170 deaths.
Beijing reported 9 patients (including 2 medical workers) who had
been falsely diagnosed with SARS.
From 10:00 am of April 30 to 10:00 am of May 1, China also reported
244 new suspected cases, including 96 from Beijing, 9 from Tianjin,
30 from Hebei, 20 from Shanxi, 25 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from
Jilin, 1 from Heilongjiang, 6 from Shanghai, 2 from Jiangsu, 2 from
Anhui, 2 from Henan, 3 from Hubei, 37 from Guangdong, 1 from
Sichuan, and 8 from Shaanxi. From 10:00 am of April 30 to 10:00 am
of May 1, China reported 116 patients who had been falsely
diagnosed with suspected cases. By 10:00 am of May 1, China had a
total of 2,291 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 1, 2003)