The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Wednesday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland. All provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities on the mainland reported a total of 147 new SARS
cases with 18 patients recovered and 9 deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Guangdong reported 14 new cases, 9 patient recovered and 1
death
- Beijing reported 105 new cases, 9 patients recovered and 7
deaths
- Shanxi reported 16 new cases
- Inner Mongolia reported 3 new cases
- Guangxi 1 new case
- Tianjin 2 new cases
- Hebei 6 new cases
- Ningxia 1 death
By 8 pm of April 22, China had a total of 2,305 SARS cases
(including 517 medical workers), which included 1,231 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 106 deaths.
Among these figures, a total of 1,344 cases (involving 337 medical
workers), including 1,146 recovered and 49 deaths, were reported in
Guangdong.
A
total of 693 cases (involving 126 medical workers), including 55
recovered and 35 deaths, were reported in Beijing.
157 cases (involving 45 medical workers), including 13 recovered
and 7 deaths, were reported in Shanxi
36
cases (involving 5 medical workers), including 6 deaths, were
reported in Inner Mongolia
15
cases including 8 recovered and 3 deaths were reported in
Guangxi.
8
cases including 3 recovered and 2 deaths were reported in
Sichuan.
7
cases including 2 medical workers were reported in Jilin.
6
cases were reported in Henan.
6
cases including 5 recovered and 1 death were reported in Hunan.
5
cases including 1 death were reported in Ningxia.
7
cases including 2 deaths were reported in Tianjin.
3
cases including 1 recovered were reported in Fujian.
Zhejiang reported 3 cases, Shanghai 2, Gansu 2, Shaanxi 2, Liaoning
1, Shandong 1, Hubei 1, and Hebei 6.
In
addition, a total of 237 suspected cases were reported from across
the mainland Wednesday. By 8 pm of April 22, the total number of
suspected cases nationwide was 1,093, including 83 from Guangdong,
782 from Beijing, 87 from Shanxi, 80 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from
Guangxi, 10 from Sichuan, 2 from Jilin, 1 from Henan, 2 from Hunan,
2 from Ningxia, 5 from Tianjin, 10 from Shanghai, 2 from Gansu, 7
from Shaanxi, 7 from Hubei, 5 from Hebei, 1 from Xinjiang, 1 from
Chongqing, 1 from Jiangsu, 1 from Guizhou, 1 from Jiangxi and 1
from Anhui.
(China.org.cn April 23, 2003)