The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Saturday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On May 17, 12 provinces reported new SARS cases,
of which, 6 provinces reported both new cases and new suspected
cases, 1 province reported new cases, 5 provinces reported new
suspected cases, and the remaining 19 provinces reported no new
case.
By
10:00 am May 17, 25 provinces have reported SARS cases. So far,
Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, Tibet and Xinjiang
Uygur autonomous regions have not found any case. Of the provinces
having reported suspected or diagnosed SARS cases, Heilongjiang
still reported no diagnosed case; Anhui, Gansu, Shanghai, Jiangsu,
Hubei and Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively;
Ningxia, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and
Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan,
Fujian and Shandong had reported no new case for more than 20 days;
Ningxia had reported no new case for 14 days; Jiangxi had reported
no new case for 13 days, Hubei had reported no new case for 11
days; Henan and Chongqing had reported no new case for 10 days
respectively; Zhejiang had reported no new case for 9 days; Shaanxi
had reported no new case for 8 days; Shanghai and Anhui had
reported no new case for 7 days; Jiangsu and Gansu had reported no
new case for 6 days; and Liaoning had reported no new case for 5
days.
From 10:00 am May 16 to 10:00 am May 17, China reported 28 new
cases, 62 patients recovered and 7 deaths. Of the 28 cases, 18 used
to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 19 new cases (of which 13 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 34 patients recovered and 4
deaths
- Tianjin reported 1 new case, 2 patients recovered and 1
death
- Hebei reported 8 patients recovered
- Shanxi reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now
confirmed as a SARS patient), 6 patients recovered and 1 death
- Inner Mongolia reported 2 new cases (all of which used to be
suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 4 patients recovered
and 1 death
- Jilin reported 2 new cases (all of which used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients)
- Shanghai reported 2 patients recovered
- Anhui reported 2 patients recovered
- Guangdong reported 2 new cases and 2 patients recovered.
- Guangxi reported 1 new case and 2 patients recovered
By 10:00 am May 17, China had a total of 5,209 SARS cases
(954 medical workers), which included 2,009 patients who had
recovered and been discharged from hospital and 282 deaths. Now
2,918 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 16 to 10:00 am May 17, China also reported 84 new
suspected cases, including 41 from Beijing, 2 each from Tianjin,
Shanghai, Shaanxi and Hubei, 5 from Hebei, 13 from Shanxi, 4 from
Inner Mongolia, 1 each from Henan and Guangxi, and 11 from
Guangdong.
From 10:00 am May 16 to 10:00 am May 17, China also reported 107
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 43 were from Beijing, 34
from Guangdong, 8 from Shanxi, 7 from Inner Mongolia, 3 each from
Shanghai, Anhui, Sichuan and Shaanxi, 2 from Tianjin and 1 from
Jiangsu. By 10:00 am May 17, China had a total of 2,132 suspected
cases.
(China.org.cn May 17, 2003)