The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Tuesday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 9 to 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland
reported no new diagnosed or suspected SARS case, 108 patients
recovered and 3 deaths. Beijing reported 94 patients recovered and
2 deaths; and Shanxi reported 6 patients recovered and 1 death.
Patients recovered also included 7 from Inner Mongolia and 1 from
Hebei.
From 10:00 am June 9 to 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland also
reported 116 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 100 were from
Beijing, 7 each from Inner Mongolia and Jiangsu, and 1 each from
Shanxi and Anhui. By 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland had a
total of 443 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 22 to 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 134 diagnosed SARS cases (including 22 new
diagnosed cases and 112 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 17 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 82
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Hebei reported 3 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 9 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 684 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 10, 7
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases.
Shanghai, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed
case for more than 15 days; Hebei had reported no new diagnosed
case for more than 10 days; and Beijing and Liaoning had reported
no new diagnosed case for 7 days.
(China.org.cn June 10, 2003)