The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Friday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 5 to 10:00 am June 6, the Chinese mainland
reported 1 new diagnosed SARS case, 99 patients recovered and 2
deaths. Sichuan Province reported 1 new diagnosed case (which used
to be a suspected case) and 2 patients recovered; and Beijing
reported 82 patients recovered and 2 deaths. Patients recovered
also included 6 from Inner Mongolia, 4 from Hebei, 3 from Shanxi,
and 1 each from Tianjin and Gansu.
From 10:00 am June 5 to 10:00 am June 6, the Chinese mainland
reported 4 new suspected cases, of which 2 were from Guangdong and
2 from Beijing.
From 10:00 am June 5 to 10:00 am June 6, the Chinese mainland also
reported 30 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 13 were from
Inner Mongolia, 7 from Tianjin, 5 from Beijing, 2 from Guangdong,
and 1 each from Shanxi, Jilin and Sichuan. By 10:00 am June 6, the
Chinese mainland had a total of 868 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 18 to 10:00 am June 6, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 203 diagnosed SARS cases (including 43 new
diagnosed cases and 160 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 32 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 111
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 6 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Guangxi reported 1 new diagnosed case
- 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 1,122 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 6, 9
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Guangxi
and Hubei had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days;
Shanghai, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed
case for more than 10 days; and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed
case for 8 days.
(China.org.cn June 6, 2003)