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The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Tuesday afternoon a press release in the latest SARS situation on the Chinese mainland. On April 29, 9 provinces reported new SARS cases and new suspected cases, 1 province reported new SARS cases, 8 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 13 provinces reported no case. By 10 am of April 29, 26 provinces reported SARS cases.
From 10 am of April 28 to 10 am of April 29, China reported 202 new cases (including 57 medical workers), 16 patients recovered and 9 deaths.
Of these figures:
Beijing reported 152 new cases, 5 patients recovered and 7 deaths. Of the 152 cases, 49 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients
Tianjin reported 1 new case
Hebei reported 9 new cases, 1 death
Shanxi reported 23 new cases, 1 patient recovered
Inner Mongolia reported 7 new cases, 1 death
Anhui reported 1 new case
Henan reported 1 new case
Guangdong reported 4 new cases, and 10 recovered
Guangxi reported 1 new case
Shaanxi reported 3 new cases.
By 10 am of April 29, China had a total of 3,303 SARS cases (including 709 medical workers), which included 1,322 patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 148 deaths. Beijing reported 4 patients (including 1 medical worker) who had been falsely diagnosed with SARS. Inner Mongolia had one case reported twice Monday, so the repeated case was removed in Tuesday?s report.
From 10 am of April 28 to 10 am of April 29, China also reported 321 new suspected cases, including 149 from Beijing, 8 from Tianjin, 12 from Hebei, 49 from Shanxi, 30 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from Liaoning, 1 from Shanghai, 1 from Jiangsu, 1 from Anhui, 3 from Henan, 2 from Hubei, 1 from Hunan, 54 from Guangdong, 2 from Chongqing, 4 from Sichuan, 1 from Shaanxi, and 1 from Gansu. By 10 am of April 29, China had a total of 2,259 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn April 29, 2003)
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