The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Friday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 12 to 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland
reported no new diagnosed SARS case, 73 patients recovered and no
death. Patients recovered included 68 from Beijing, 4 from Tianjin
and 1 from Shanxi.
From 10:00 am June 12 to 10:00 am June 13, Guangdong reported 1 new
suspected SARS case.
From 10:00 am June 12 to 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland
also reported 101 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 84 were
from Beijing, 13 from Tianjin, 2 from Guangdong, and 1 each from
Shanxi and Jilin. By 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland had a
total of 120 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 25 to 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 55 diagnosed SARS cases (including 10 new
diagnosed cases and 45 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 10 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 34
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Shanxi reported no new diagnosed case and confirmed 1 suspected
case as SARS patient
- Hebei reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1
suspected case as SARS patient
- Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1
suspected case as SARS patient
Now 447 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 13, 6
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanxi,
Inner Mongolia and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for
more than 15 days; Liaoning had reported no new diagnosed case for
10 days, and Sichuan had reported no new diagnosed case for 7
days.
(China.org.cn June 13, 2003)