The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Monday
afternoon a press release on the latest
SARS
situation on the Chinese mainland. On May 26, 6 provinces reported
new SARS cases, of which, 2 provinces reported both new diagnosed
cases and new suspected cases, 1 province reported new diagnosed
cases, 3 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining
25 provinces reported no new case.
By
10:00 am May 26, 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; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei,
Liaoning and Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases
respectively; Ningxia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and
Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan,
Fujian and Shandong had reported no new case for more than 1 month;
Ningxia and Jiangxi had reported no new case for 20 days; Henan,
Chongqing, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Gansu had reported
no new case for 10 days respectively; Tianjin, Jilin and Guangdong
had reported no new case for 9 days; Guangxi had reported no new
case for 8 days, and Hubei had reported no new case for 7 days.
From 10:00 am May 25 to 10:00 am May 26, China reported 8 new
cases, 87 patients recovered and 2 deaths. Of the 8 cases, 7 used
to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.
Of
these figures:
- Beijing reported 5 new cases (of which 4 used to be suspected
but now confirmed as SARS patients), 43 patients recovered and 1
death
- Shanxi reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now
confirmed as a SARS patient), and 5 patients recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported 2 new cases (both of which used to be
suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 17 patients
recovered and 1 death
- Tianjin reported no new case, and 4 recovered
- Hebei reported no new case, and 13 recovered
- Jilin reported no new case, and 3 recovered
- Zhejiang and Guangdong reported no new case, with each province
reporting 1 patient recovered
By 10:00 am May 26, China had a total of 5,316 SARS cases
(965 medical workers; Hebei reported 5 misdiagnosed cases including
1 medical worker. Besides, Hebei removed 1 diagnosed case from the
list that had been reported by other province. Inner Mongolia
reported 2 misdiagnosed cases.), which included 2,829 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 317 deaths. Now
2,170 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 25 to 10:00 am May 26, China also reported 29 new
suspected cases, including 20 from Beijing, 2 from Shanxi, 1 each
from Hebei and Henan, and 5 from Guangdong.
From 10:00 am May 25 to 10:00 am May 26, China also reported 85
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 52 were from Beijing, 8 from
Inner Mongolia, 7 each from Hebei and Guangdong, 4 from Shanxi, 3
from Hubei and 1 each from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shaanxi.
By 10:00 am May 26, China had a total of 1,510 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn May 26, 2003)