The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Thursday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 4 to 10:00 am June 5, Chinese mainland reported
no new SARS case, 96 patients recovered and 2 deaths. Patients
recovered included 58 from Beijing, 17 from Shanxi, 10 from Inner
Mongolia, 4 from Tianjin, 3 from Hebei, and 1 each from Anhui,
Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi. Shanxi Province also reported 2
deaths.
From 10:00 am June 4 to 10:00 am June 5, Chinese mainland reported
4 new suspected cases, of which 2 were from Guangdong, and 1 each
from Beijing and Sichuan.
From 10:00 am June 4 to 10:00 am June 5, Chinese mainland also
reported 17 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 5 were from
Guangdong, 4 from Inner Mongolia, 3 each from Beijing and Shanxi,
and 2 from Tianjin. By 10:00 am June 5, the Chinese mainland had a
total of 895 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 17 to 10:00 am June 5, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 230 diagnosed SARS cases (including 53 new
diagnosed cases and 177 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 38 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 124
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Hebei reported 6 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 25 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Shanxi reported 4 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 7 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Guangdong and Guangxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases
respectively
- Tianjin reported 1 new diagnosed case
- Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 11
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Jilin and Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but each
confirmed 2 suspected cases as SARS patients
- Shanghai and Hubei reported no new diagnosed case but each
confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient
Now 1,223 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 5, 12
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Tianjin,
Jilin, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hubei had reported no new diagnosed
case for more than 15 days; Shanghai, Sichuan Shanxi and Inner
Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 10 days;
and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for 7 days.
(China.org.cn June 5, 2003)