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April 30, 2003
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The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Wednesday afternoon a press release in the latest SARS situation on the Chinese mainland. On April 30, 7 provinces reported new SARS cases and new suspected cases. Two provinces reported new SARS cases, 5 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 17 provinces reported no case. By 10:00 am of April 30, 26 provinces reported SARS cases.
From 10:00 am of April 29 to 10:00 am of April 30, China reported 166 new cases (including 21 medical workers), 8 patients recovered and 11 deaths.
Of these figures:
Beijing reported 101 new cases, 7 patients recovered and 9 deaths. Of the 101 cases, 31 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients
Tianjin reported 5 new cases, 1 death
Hebei reported 9 new cases
Shanxi reported 34 new cases, 1 patient recovered
Inner Mongolia reported 7 new cases, 1 death
Jiangsu reported 1 new case
Anhui reported 2 new cases
Guangdong reported 6 new cases
Guangxi reported 1 new case.
By 10:00 am of April 30, China had a total of 3,460 SARS cases (including 727 medical workers), which included 1,332 patients (Inner Mongolia added 2 patients discharged) who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 159 deaths. Beijing reported 8 patients (including 3 medical workers) who had been falsely diagnosed with SARS. Shanxi reported 1 patient who had been falsely diagnosed with SARS.
From 10:00 am of April 29 to 10:00 am of April 30, China also reported 224 new suspected cases, including 116 from Beijing, 8 from Tianjin, 19 from Hebei, 17 from Shanxi, 19 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from Shanghai, 1 from Anhui, 3 from Henan, 33 from Guangdong, 3 from Sichuan, 1 from Shaanxi, and 2 from Ningxia. By 10:00 am of April 30, China had a total of 2,203 suspected cases.
(China.org.cn April 30, 2003)
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