The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Tuesday
afternoon a press release on the latest
SARS
situation on the Chinese mainland. On May 27, 5 provinces reported
new SARS cases, of which, 1 province reported both new diagnosed
cases and new suspected cases, 4 provinces reported new suspected
cases, and the remaining 26 provinces reported no new case.
By
10:00 am May 27, 26 provinces had reported SARS cases. So far,
Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, and Tibet Autonomous
Region have not found any case. Of the provinces having reported
suspected or diagnosed SARS cases, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang still
reported no diagnosed case; Ningxia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing,
Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases
respectively; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei, Liaoning and
Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan,
Fujian and Shandong had reported no new case for more than 1 month;
Ningxia, Jiangxi, Henan and Chongqing had reported no new case for
20 days; Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Gansu, Tianjin, Jinlin
and Guangdong had reported no new case for 10 days; Guangxi had
reported no new case for 9 days; and Hubei had reported no new case
for 8 days.
From 10:00 am May 26 to 10:00 am May 27, China reported 9 new
cases, 115 patients recovered and 4 deaths. Of the 9 cases, 7 used
to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 9 new cases (of which 7 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 81 patients recovered and 4
deaths
- Shanxi reported no new case, and 14 patients recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported no new case, 13 patients recovered
- Tianjin reported no new case, and 3 patients recovered
- Hebei, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Gansu reported no new case, with
each province reporting 1 patient recovered.
By 10:00 am May 27, China had a total of 5,322 SARS cases
(966 medical workers; Beijing, Inner Mongolia and Guangdong each
reported 1 misdiagnosed case.), which included 2,944 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 321 deaths. Now
2,057 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 26 to 10:00 am May 27, China also reported 26 new
suspected cases, including 11 from Beijing, 1 each from Hebei,
Hubei and Xinjiang, 12 from Guangdong.
From 10:00 am May 26 to 10:00 am May 27, China also reported 136
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 68 were from Beijing, 40
from Guangdong, 14 from Hebei, 4 from Shanxi, 3 from Inner
Mongolia, 2 from Tianjin, 1 each from Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei
and Sichuan. By 10:00 am May 27, China had a total of 1,393
suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 27, 2003)