The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Monday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 8 to 10:00 am June 9, the Chinese mainland
reported no new SARS case, 129 patients recovered and 1 death.
Guangdong reported the 1 death. Patients recovered included 110
from Beijing, 8 from Inner Mongolia, 6 from Shanxi, 3 from Jilin,
and 1 each from Hebei and Guangxi.
From 10:00 am June 8 to 10:00 am June 9, Guangdong reported 1 new
suspected case.
From 10:00 am June 8 to 10:00 am June 9, the Chinese mainland also
reported 106 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 99 were from
Beijing, 2 each from Inner Mongolia and Jilin, and 1 each from
Jiangsu, Guangdong and Shaanxi. By 10:00 am June 9, the Chinese
mainland had a total of 559 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 21 to 10:00 am June 9, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 146 diagnosed SARS cases (including 23 new
diagnosed cases and 123 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 18 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 89
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Hebei reported 3 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 13 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Shanxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 5 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 8
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 reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1
suspected case as SARS patient
Now 795 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 9, 7
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanghai
had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days; Shanxi,
Inner Mongolia and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for
more than 10 days; and Beijing and Liaoning had reported no new
diagnosed case for 6 days.
(China.org.cn June 9, 2003)