The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Sunday
afternoon a press release in the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On May 4, 20 provinces reported new SARS cases,
of which, 10 provinces reported both new SARS cases and new
suspected cases, 2 provinces reported new SARS cases and 8
provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 11
provinces reported no case. By 10:00 am of May 4, 26 provinces have
reported SARS cases. So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai
provinces and Tibet Autonomous Region have not found any SARS
cases. In addition, Fujian Province has reported no new case for 26
days while Shandong Province has reported no new cases for 10 days.
From 10:00 am of May 3 to 10:00 am of May 4, China reported 163 new
cases (including 18 medical workers), 10 patients recovered and 7
deaths. Of the 163 cases, 83 used to be suspected cases and now are
confirmed as SARS patients.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 69 new cases (of which 26 used to be suspected
cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients), 3 patients recovered
and 4 deaths
- Tianjin reported 9 new cases (of which 4 used to be suspected
cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients)
- Hebei reported 19 new cases (of which 9 used to be suspected
cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 2 deaths
- Shanxi reported 11 new cases (of which 8 used to be suspected
cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 3 patients
recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported 35 new cases (of which 25 used to be
suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients)
- Jilin reported 4 new cases and 1 death
- Shanghai reported 2 new cases
- Jiangxi reported 1 new case
- Guangdong reported 9 new cases (all of them used to be
suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 4
patients recovered
- Chongqing reported 1 new case (who used to be a suspected case
and now is confirmed as SARS patient)
- Sichuan reported 1 new case (who used to be a suspected case
and now is confirmed as SARS patient)
- Gansu reported 2 new cases
By 10:00 am of May 4, China had a total of 4,125 SARS cases
(including 832 medical workers), which included 1,416 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 197 deaths.
Beijing reported 7 patients who had been falsely diagnosed with
SARS. Shanxi reported 1 patient who had been falsely diagnosed with
SARS. Anhui reported 1 patient who had been falsely diagnosed with
SARS.
From 10:00 am of May 3 to 10:00 am of May 4, China also reported
222 new suspected cases, including 90 from Beijing, 9 from Tianjin,
8 from Hebei, 20 from Shanxi, 14 from Inner Mongolia, 3 from Jilin,
2 from Jiangsu, 1 from Zhejiang, 1 from Anhui, 1 from Henan, 1 from
Hubei, 61 from Guangdong, 2 from Guangxi, 2 from Chongqing, 2 from
Sichuan and 3 from Shaanxi.
From 10:00 am of May 3 to 10:00 am of May 4, China reported 93
patients who had been falsely diagnosed with suspected cases, of
which, 56 from Guangdong, 20 from Beijing, 7 from Shanxi, 5 from
Inner Mongolia, 2 from Anhui, 1 from Liaoning, 1 from Shanghai, and
1 from Sichuan. By 10:00 am of May 4, China had a total of 2,599
suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 4, 2003)