The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Thursday
afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the
Chinese mainland.
From 10:00 am June 11 to 10:00 am June 12, the Chinese mainland
reported no new diagnosed SARS case, 67 patients recovered and 1
death. Beijing reported 55 patients recovered and 1 death. Patients
recovered also included 6 from Shanxi, 2 each from Tianjin and
Hebei, and 1 each from Inner Mongolia and Shanghai.
From 10:00 am June 11 to 10:00 am June 12, Guangdong reported 1 new
suspected SARS case.
From 10:00 am June 11 to 10:00 am June 12, the Chinese mainland
also reported 108 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 102 were
from Beijing, 2 from Guangdong, and 1 each from Tianjin, Shanxi,
Anhui and Henan. By 10:00 am June 12, the Chinese mainland had a
total of 220 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 24 to 10:00 am June 12, the Chinese mainland
reported a total of 89 diagnosed SARS cases (including 14 new
diagnosed cases and 75 patients who used to be suspected
cases).
Of
these figures,
- Beijing reported 12 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 58
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Shanxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 3 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Hebei reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 5 suspected
cases as SARS patients
- Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 6
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 2
suspected cases as SARS patients
- Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1
suspected case as SARS patient
Now 521 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 12, 6
provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanxi
and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed case for more than
15 days; Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 10
days; Liaoning had reported no new diagnosed case for 9 days, and
Sichuan had reported no new diagnosed case for 6 days.
(China.org.cn June 12, 2003)