The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Thursday
afternoon a press release on the latest
SARS
situation on the Chinese mainland. On May 15, 11 provinces reported
new SARS cases, of which, 7 provinces reported both new cases and
new suspected cases, 4 provinces reported new suspected cases, and
the remaining 20 provinces reported no cases.
By
10:00 am May 15, 25 provinces have reported SARS cases. So far,
Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, Tibet and Xinjiang
Uygur autonomous regions have not found any cases. Of the provinces
having reported suspected or diagnosed SARS cases, Heilongjiang
Province still reports no diagnosed case; Shanghai, Anhui, Gansu,
Jiangsu, Hubei, and Hunan provinces reported less than 10 diagnosed
cases respectively; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Chongqing,
Zhejiang, Liaoning, Fujian, Jiangxi and Shandong provinces reported
less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan, Fujian and
Shandong provinces has reported no new case for 20 days; Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region has reported no new case for 13 days;
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has reported no new case for 12 days;
Jiangxi Province has reported no new case for 11 days; Hubei
Province has reported no new case for 9 days; Chongqing and Henan
Province have reported no new case for 8 days, Zhejiang Province
has reported no new case for 7 days; Shaanxi Province has reported
no new case for 6 days; and Shanghai and Anhui Province have
reported no new case for 5 days respectively.
From 10:00 am May 14 to 10:00 am May 15, China reported 52 new
cases, 47 patients recovered and 4 deaths. Of the 52 cases, 28 used
to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 27 new cases (of which 12 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 5 patients recovered and 1
death
- Tianjin reported 3 new cases (all of which used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 2 recovered and 1 death
- Hebei reported 6 new cases (of which 5 used to be suspected but
now confirmed as SARS patients), 5 patients recovered and 1
death
- Shanxi reported 7 new cases (of which 4 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 18 patients recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported 4 new cases (all of which used to be
suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), and 1 death
- Jilin reported 2 new cases and 2 recovered
- Guangdong reported 3 new cases, and 15 patients recovered.
By 10:00 am May 15, China had a total of 5,163 SARS cases
(949 medical workers), which included 1,858 patients who had
recovered and been discharged from hospital and 271 deaths. Now
3,034 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 14 to 10:00 am May 15, China also reported 86 new
suspected cases, including 41 from Beijing, 3 from Tianjin, 7 from
Hebei, 6 from Shanxi, 8 from Inner Mongolia, 2 each from Jilin and
Shanghai, 1 each from Jiangsu, Anhui and Shaanxi, and 14 from
Guangdong.
From 10:00 am May 14 to 10:00 am May 15, China reported 129
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which, 62 from Guangdong, 20 from
Beijing, 18 from Shanxi, 14 from Hebei, 3 each from Henan and
Shaanxi, 2 each from Inner Mongolia and Shanghai, 1 each from
Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. By 10:00 am May 15,
China had a total of 2,278 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 15, 2003)