The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Wednesday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On May 28, 6 provinces reported new SARS cases,
of which, 1 province reported both new diagnosed cases and new
suspected cases, 1 province reported new diagnosed cases, 4
provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 25
provinces reported no new case.
By
10:00 am May 28, 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 case for more than 1 month;
Ningxia, Jiangxi, Henan, Chongqing and Zhejiang had reported no new
case for 20 days; Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Gansu, Tianjin, Jilin,
Guangdong and Guangxi had reported no new case for 10 days; Hubei
had reported no new case for 9 days; Shanghai and Sichuan had
reported no new case for 5 days.
From 10:00 am May 27 to 10:00 am May 28, China reported 4 new
cases, 92 patients recovered and 4 deaths. Of the 4 cases, 1 used
to be suspected but now is confirmed as a SARS patient.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 3 new cases, 38 patients recovered and 3
deaths
- Hebei reported 1 new case (which was suspected but now
confirmed as a SARS patient), and 3 patients recovered
- Jilin reported no new case, and 1 death
- Inner Mongolia reported no new case, 17 patients recovered
- Tianjin reported no new case, and 15 patients recovered
- Shanxi reported no new case, 13 patients recovered
- Guangdong reported no new case, 2 patients recovered
- Anhui, Henan, Chongqing, Shaanxi reported no new case, with
each province reporting 1 patient recovered.
By 10:00 am May 28, China had a total of 5,323 SARS cases
(966 medical workers; Beijing, Hebei and Guangdong each reported 1
misdiagnosed case), which included 3,036 patients who had recovered
and been discharged from hospital and 325 deaths. Now 1,962
patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 27 to 10:00 am May 28, China also reported 23 new
suspected cases, including 15 from Beijing, 4 from Shanxi, 2 from
Guangdong, 1 each from Shanghai and Hubei.
From 10:00 am May 27 to 10:00 am May 28, China also reported 128
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 79 were from Beijing, 22
from Guangdong, 12 from Inner Mongolia, 5 from Shanxi, 3 from
Hebei, 2 each from Anhui and Shaanxi, 1 each from Tianjin, Henan
and Guangxi. By 10:00 am May 28, China had a total of 1,287
suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 28, 2003)