Ministry of Health Press Release on SARS (05/06/2003) |
2004-06-12 17:10 |
The Press Office under the Ministry of Health
published Thursday afternoon a press release on the latest
SARS situation on the Chinese mainland. From 10:00 am June 4
to 10:00 am June 5, Chinese mainland reported no new SARS
case, 96 patients recovered and 2 deaths. Patients recovered
included 58 from Beijing, 17 from Shanxi, 10 from Inner
Mongolia, 4 from Tianjin, 3 from Hebei, and 1 each from
Anhui, Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi. Shanxi Province also
reported 2 deaths. From 10:00 am June 4 to 10:00 am June 5,
Chinese mainland reported 4 new suspected cases, of which 2
were from Guangdong, and 1 each from Beijing and Sichuan.
From 10:00 am June 4 to 10:00 am June 5, Chinese mainland
also reported 17 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 5
were from Guangdong, 4 from Inner Mongolia, 3 each from
Beijing and Shanxi, and 2 from Tianjin. By 10:00 am June 5,
the Chinese mainland had a total of 895 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 17 to 10:00 am June 5, the Chinese
mainland reported a total of 230 diagnosed SARS cases
(including 53 new diagnosed cases and 177 patients who used
to be suspected cases). Of these figures, Beijing reported
38 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 124 suspected cases as
SARS patients Hebei reported 6 new diagnosed cases and
confirmed 25 suspected cases as SARS patients Shanxi
reported 4 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 7 suspected
cases as SARS patients Guangdong and Guangxi reported 2 new
diagnosed cases respectively Tianjin reported 1 new
diagnosed case Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case
but confirmed 11 suspected cases as SARS patients Liaoning
reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4 suspected
cases as SARS patients Jilin and Sichuan reported no new
diagnosed case but each confirmed 2 suspected cases as SARS
patients Shanghai and Hubei reported no new diagnosed case
but each confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient Now
1,223 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am
June 5, 12 provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported
SARS cases. Tianjin, Jilin, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hubei had
reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days;
Shanghai, Sichuan Shanxi and Inner Mongolia had reported no
new diagnosed case for more than 10 days; and Hebei had
reported no new diagnosed case for 7 days. (China.org.cn
June 5, 2003) |