The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Saturday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 6 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland
reported 1 new diagnosed SARS case, 65 patients recovered and no
death. Beijing reported 1 new diagnosed case and 43 patients
recovered. Patients recovered also included 11 from Inner Mongolia,
5 from Hebei, 4 from Tianjin, and 1 each from Shanxi and Hubei.
From 10:00 am June 6 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland
reported 4 new suspected cases, of which 2 were from Beijing and 1
each from Henan and Guangdong.
From 10:00 am June 6 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland also
reported 72 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 47 were from
Beijing, 11 from Inner Mongolia, 6 from Tianjin, 6 from Guangdong,
and 2 from Hubei. By 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland had a
total of 800 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 19 to 10:00 am June 7, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 176 diagnosed SARS cases (including 32 new
diagnosed cases and 144 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 24 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 103
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Hebei reported 6 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 17 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Shanxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 6 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 9
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 and Hubei reported no new diagnosed case but each
confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient
Now 1,058 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 7, 8
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanghai
and Hubei had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days;
Shanxi and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed case for
more than 10 days; and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for
9 days.
(China.org.cn June 7, 2003)