The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Sunday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 7 to 10:00 am June 8, the Chinese mainland
reported no new diagnosed SARS case, 124 patients recovered and 1
death. Beijing reported 97 patients recovered and 1 death. Patients
recovered also included 10 from Inner Mongolia, 6 from Hebei, 4
each from Shanxi and Jilin, 2 from Guangdong and 1 from
Jiangsu.
From 10:00 am June 7 to 10:00 am June 8, Guangdong reported 3 new
suspected cases.
From 10:00 am June 7 to 10:00 am June 8, the Chinese mainland also
reported 140 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 118 were from
Beijing, 12 from Inner Mongolia, 3 each from Jilin and Hubei, and 1
each from Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Guangdong and Xinjiang. By 10:00 am
June 8, the Chinese mainland had a total of 663 suspected
cases.
From 10:00 am May 20 to 10:00 am June 8, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 163 diagnosed SARS cases (including 25 new
diagnosed cases and 138 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 20 new diagnosed cases, 1 misdiagnosed case
(which was reported yesterday), and confirmed 99 suspected cases as
SARS patients
- Hebei reported 3 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 16 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Shanxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 6 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 9
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 3
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Shanghai reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1
suspected case as SARS patient
Now 925 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 8, 7
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanghai
had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days; Shanxi,
Hebei and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed case for
more than 10 days; and Beijing and Liaoning had reported no new
diagnosed case for more than 5 days.
(China.org.cn June 8, 2003)