The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Thursday
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 125
new SARS cases with 23 patients recovered and 4 deaths.
Of
these figures:
- Guangdong reported 15 new cases, 13 patient recovered
- Beijing reported 89 new cases, 9 patients recovered and 4
deaths
- Shanxi reported 5 new cases, 1 recovered
- Inner Mongolia reported 11 new cases
- Guangxi 1 new case
- Henan 2 new cases
- Tianjin 1 new case
- Anhui 1 case
By 8 pm of April 23, China had a total of 2,422 SARS cases
(including 541 medical workers), which included 1,254 patients who
had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 110 deaths.
Among these figures, a total of 1,359 cases (involving 341 medical
workers), including 1,159 recovered and 49 deaths, were reported in
Guangdong.
A
total of 774 cases (involving 143 medical workers), including 64
recovered and 39 deaths, were reported in Beijing. Beijing also
reported 8 patients who had been falsely diagnosed with SARS.
162 cases (involving 45 medical workers), including 14 recovered
and 7 deaths, were reported in Shanxi
47
cases (involving 6 medical workers), including 6 deaths, were
reported in Inner Mongolia
16
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.
8
cases including 1 medical worker 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.
8
cases (involving 1 medical worker) 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 (medical worker), Hebei 6 (including 1
medical worker), and Anhui 1.
In
addition, a total of 243 suspected cases were reported from across
the mainland Thursday. By 8 pm of April 23, the total number of
suspected cases nationwide was 1,278, including 102 from Guangdong,
863 from Beijing, 108 from Shanxi, 101 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from
Guangxi, 14 from Sichuan, 8 from Jilin, 3 from Henan, 1 from Hunan,
2 from Ningxia, 12 from Tianjin, 2 from Zhejiang, 16 from Shanghai,
2 from Gansu, 16 from Shaanxi, 10 from Hubei, 11 from Hebei, 1 from
Xinjiang, 1 from Chongqing, 2 from Jiangsu, and 1 from Jiangxi. The
suspected case in Guizhou has proved to be a false alarm.
(China.org.cn April 24, 2003)