The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Saturday afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 6 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland reported 1 new diagnosed SARS case, 65 patients recovered and no death. Beijing reported 1 new diagnosed case and 43 patients recovered. Patients recovered also included 11 from Inner Mongolia, 5 from Hebei, 4 from Tianjin, and 1 each from Shanxi and Hubei.
From 10:00 am June 6 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland reported 4 new suspected cases, of which 2 were from Beijing and 1 each from Henan and Guangdong.
From 10:00 am June 6 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland also reported 72 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 47 were from Beijing, 11 from Inner Mongolia, 6 from Tianjin, 6 from Guangdong, and 2 from Hubei. By 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland had a total of 800 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 19 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 176 diagnosed SARS cases (including 32 new diagnosed cases and 144 patients who used to be suspected cases).
Of these figures,
Beijing reported 24 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 103 suspected cases as SARS patients
Hebei reported 6 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 17 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 and Hubei reported no new diagnosed case but each confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient
Now 1,058 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 7, 8 provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanghai and Hubei had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days; Shanxi and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 10 days; and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for 9 days.
(China.org.cn June 7, 2003)
