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)