The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Friday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. On May 30, 4 provinces reported new SARS cases,
of which, 1 province reported both new diagnosed cases and new
suspected cases, 1 province reported new diagnosed cases, 2
provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 27
provinces reported no new case.
From 10:00 am May 29 to 10:00 am May 30, China reported 7 new
diagnosed cases, 129 patients recovered and 1 death. Of the 7
cases, 6 used to be suspected but are now confirmed as SARS
patients.
Beijing reported 6 new diagnosed cases (5 of which used to be
suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 78 patients
recovered and 1 death.
Hebei reported 1 new diagnosed case (which used to be suspected but
now confirmed as a SARS patient), and 6 recovered.
The remaining provinces reported no new diagnosed case or
death.
Patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital
included 17 from Tianjin, 10 each from Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, 3
from Guangxi, 1 each from Liaoning, Jiangxi, Henan, Guangdong and
Gansu.
By 10:00 am May 30, China had a total of 5,328 SARS cases
(966 medical workers; Beijing reported 3 suspected cases which were
misdiagnosed as SARS patients; Hebei reported 1 misdiagnosed case),
which included 3,250 patients who had recovered and been discharged
from hospital and 328 deaths. Now 1,750 patients are receiving
treatment in hospitals.
From 10:00 am May 29 to 10:00 am May 30, China also reported 10 new
suspected cases, including 6 from Beijing, 3 from Guangdong and 1
from Shanxi.
From 10:00 am May 29 to 10:00 am May 30, China also reported 82
misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 44 were from Beijing, 14
from Tianjin, 8 from Hebei, 5 from Guangdong, 4 from Inner
Mongolia, 3 from Shanxi, 2 from Hubei, and 1 each from Jiangsu and
Anhui. By 10:00 am May 30, China had a total of 1,042 suspected
cases.
By
10:00 am May 30, 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 diagnosed case for more
than 1 month; Ningxia, Jiangxi, Henan, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Shaanxi
and Anhui had reported no new diagnosed case for 20 days; Jiangsu,
Gansu, Tianjin, Jilin, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hubei had reported no
new diagnosed case for 10 days; Shanghai and Sichuan had reported
no new diagnosed case for 7 days; and Liaoning had reported no new
diagnosed case for 6 days.
(China.org.cn May 30, 2003)