The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Friday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On May 16, 11 provinces reported new SARS cases,
of which, 6 provinces reported both new cases and new suspected
cases, 1 province reported new cases, 4 provinces reported new
suspected cases, and the remaining 20 provinces reported no cases.
By
10:00 am May 16, 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
still reported no diagnosed case; Anhui, Gansu, Shanghai, Jiangsu,
Hubei, Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively;
Ningxia, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and
Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan,
Fujian and Shandong had reported no new cases for more than 20
days; Guangxi had reported no new case for 14 days; Ningxia had
reported no new case for 13 days; Jiangxi had reported no new case
for 12 days, Hubei had reported no new case for 10 days; Henan and
Chongqing had reported no new cases for 9 days respectively;
Zhejiang had reported no new case for 8 days; Shaanxi had reported
no new case for 7 days; Shanghai and Anhui had reported no new
cases for 6 days; and Jiangsu and Gansu had reported no new cases
for 5 days.
From 10:00 am May 15 to 10:00 am May 16, China reported 39 new
cases, 89 patients recovered and 4 deaths. Of the 39 cases, 29 used
to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 28 new cases (of which 22 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 16 patients recovered and 1
death
- Tianjin reported 3 new cases (of which 2 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 2 patients recovered and 1
death
- Hebei reported 2 new cases (all of which used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 3 patients recovered and 1
death
- Shanxi reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now
confirmed as a SARS patient), and 37 patients recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported no new case and 13 patients
recovered
- Jilin reported 1 new case and 1 patient recovered
- Shanghai reported 1 death
- Anhui reported 2 patients recovered
- Guangdong reported 2 new cases and 11 patients recovered.
- Guangxi reported 1 patient recovered
- Sichuan reported 2 new cases (both of which used to be
suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), and 1 patient
recovered
- Shaanxi reported 1 patient recovered
- Gansu reported 1 patient recovered.
By 10:00 am May 16, China had a total of 5,191 SARS cases
(952 medical workers), which included 1,947 patients who had
recovered and been discharged from hospital and 275 deaths. Now
2,969 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 15 to 10:00 am May 16, China also reported 94 new
suspected cases, including 43 from Beijing, 3 from Tianjin, 10 from
Hebei, 18 from Shanxi, 3 from Inner Mongolia, 2 each from Shanghai,
Sichuan and Shaanxi; 1 from Jiangsu, and 10 from Guangdong.
From 10:00 am May 15 to 10:00 am May 16, China also reported 170
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 73 were from Beijing, 57
from Guangdong, 18 from Shanxi, 5 each from Tianjin and Shaanxi, 4
from Inner Mongolia, 2 each from Hebei and Chongqing, and 1 each
from Sichuan, Henan, Gansu and Zhejiang. By 10:00 am May 16, China
had a total of 2,173 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 16, 2003)