Between April 19 to April 21 all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland reported a total of 194 new SARS cases with 36 patients recovered and 13 deaths.
Of these figures:
Guangdong reported 13 new cases, 26 patients recovered and 2 deaths
Beijing reported 143 new cases, 10 patients recovered and 7 deaths*
Shanxi reported 12 new cases
Inner Mongolia reported 5 new cases and 3 deaths
Sichuan reported 3 new cases and 1 death
Guangxi 2 new cases
Henan 1 new case
Ningxia 4 new cases
Jilin 3 new cases
Zhejiang 3 new cases
Liaoning 2 new cases
Gansu 2 new cases
Shaanxi 1 new case
*The reason behind the great increase in the number of reported new cases in Beijing over the period is due to suspected cases being diagnosed as SARS patients upon further examination.
By April 21
China had a total of 2,001 SARS cases (including 456 medical workers), which included 1,201 patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 92 deaths.
Among these figures, a total of 1,317 cases (involving 329 medical workers), including 1,136 recovered and 48 deaths, were reported in Guangdong;
A total of 482 cases (involving 78 medical workers), including 43 recovered and 25 deaths, were reported in Beijing;
120 cases (involving 45 medical workers), including 6 recovered and 7 deaths, were reported in Shanxi;
8 cases including 3 recovered and 2 deaths were reported in Sichuan;
14 cases including 8 recovered and 3 deaths were reported in Guangxi;
6 cases including 5 recovered and 1 death were reported in Hunan;
30 cases (involving 4 medical workers), including 6 deaths, were reported in Inner Mongolia.
Jilin reported 3 cases, and Shaanxi 1, Liaoning 2, Henan 3, and Shanghai 2.
By April 19-21, a total of 533 suspected cases were reported from across the mainland.
By April 21, the total number of suspected cases nationwide was 753, including 610 from Beijing, 61 from Shanxi, 1 from Guangxi; 48 from Inner Mongolia; 1 from Hunan; 7 from Sichuan; 8 from Shanghai; 1 from Henan, 1 from Jilin; 7 from Hebei; 4 from Shaanxi; 2 from Tianjin, 1 from Xinjiang and 1 from Chongqing.
The fast increase in the number of suspected cases is due to Beijing adopting more rigid prevention measures and expanding the scope of its inspection. Cases under observation, scattered in different medical institutions, were moved to designated hospitals and counted accordingly.
