The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Thursday
afternoon a press release on the latest
SARS
situation on the Chinese mainland. On May 29, 4 provinces reported
new SARS cases, of which, 1 province reported both new diagnosed
cases and new suspected cases, 3 provinces reported new suspected
cases, and the remaining 27 provinces reported no new case.
From 10:00 am May 28 to 10:00 am May 29, China reported 3 new
cases, 85 patients recovered and 2 deaths. All the 3 new cases used
to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.
Beijing reported 3 new cases (all of which used to be suspected but
now confirmed as SARS patients), 62 patients recovered and 1
death.
Hebei reported no new case, 3 patients recovered and 1 death.
The remaining provinces reported no new diagnosed case or
death.
Patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital
included 9 from Shanxi, 4 each from Tianjin and Inner Mongolia, 2
from Guangdong, and 1 from Henan.
By 10:00 am May 29, China had a total of 5,325 SARS cases
(966 medical workers; Inner Mongolia reported 1 misdiagnosed
case.), which included 3,121 patients who had recovered and been
discharged from hospital and 327 deaths. Now 1,877 patients are
receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 28 to 10:00 am May 29, China also reported 10 new
suspected cases, including 6 from Beijing, 2 from Guangdong, 1 each
from Hebei and Shanxi.
From 10:00 am May 28 to 10:00 am May 29, China also reported 174
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 141 were from Beijing, 12
from Guangdong, 8 from Inner Mongolia, 3 each from Hebei and
Shanxi, 2 each from Heilongjiang and Shaanxi, and 1 each from
Tianjin, Jiangsu and Hubei. By 10:00 am May 29, China had a total
of 1,120 suspected cases.
By
10:00 am May 29, 26 provinces had reported SARS cases. So far,
Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, and Tibet Autonomous
Region have not found any case. Of the provinces having reported
suspected or diagnosed SARS cases, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang still
reported no diagnosed case; Ningxia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing,
Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases
respectively; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei, Liaoning and
Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan,
Fujian and Shandong had reported no new diagnosed case for more
than 1 month; Ningxia, Jiangxi, Henan, Chongqing, Zhejiang and
Shaanxi had reported no new diagnosed case for 20 days; Anhui,
Jiangsu, Gansu, Tianjin, Jilin, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hubei had
reported no new diagnosed case for 10 days; Shanghai and Sichuan
had reported no new diagnosed case for 6 days; and Liaoning had
reported no new diagnosed case for 5 days.
(China.org.cn May 29, 2003)