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Chinese Mainland Reports 163 New SARS Cases

The Chinese mainland reported 163 new SARS cases and seven new deaths between 10:00 a.m. May 3 and 10:00 a.m. May 4, according to the Ministry of Health Sunday. During the period, Beijing reported 69 new SARS cases and four deaths.
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The Chinese mainland reported 163 new SARS cases (including 18 medical workers), 10 patients recovered and seven new deaths between 10:00 a.m. May 3 and 10:00 a.m. May 4, according to the Ministry of Health Sunday.

Of the 163 cases, 83 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients.

The ministry said that the cumulative SARS cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 4,125 and 197 had died as of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. Some 1,416 SARS patients have been discharged from hospitals upon recovery.

On May 4, 20 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 10 provinces reported both new SARS cases and new suspected cases, 2 provinces reported new SARS cases and 8 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 11 provinces reported no case. By 10:00 am of May 4, 26 provinces have reported SARS cases. So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces and Tibet Autonomous Region have not found any SARS cases.

Fujian Province has reported no new case for 26 days while Shandong Province has reported no new cases for 10 days. For the first time in more than ten days, two new confirmed SARS cases were reported in Shanghai, bringing the total number of confirmed SARS patients in the city to four.

During the period, Chinese capital city Beijing reported 69 new cases (of which 26 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients), 3 patients recovered and 4 deaths; Tianjin reported 9 new cases (of which 4 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients); Hebei reported 19 new cases (of which 9 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 2 deaths; Shanxi reported 11 new cases (of which 8 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 3 patients recovered; Inner Mongolia reported 35 new cases (of which 25 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients); Jilin reported 4 new cases and 1 death; Shanghai reported 2 new cases; Jiangxi reported 1 new case; Guangdong reported 9 new cases (all of them used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 4 patients recovered; Chongqing reported 1 new case (who used to be a suspected case and now is confirmed as SARS patient); Sichuan reported 1 new case (who used to be a suspected case and now is confirmed as SARS patient); Gansu reported 2 new cases.

From 10:00 am of May 3 to 10:00 am of May 4, China also reported 222 new suspected cases, including 90 from Beijing, 9 from Tianjin, 8 from Hebei, 20 from Shanxi, 14 from Inner Mongolia, 3 from Jilin, 2 from Jiangsu, 1 from Zhejiang, 1 from Anhui, 1 from Henan, 1 from Hubei, 61 from Guangdong, 2 from Guangxi, 2 from Chongqing, 2 from Sichuan and 3 from Shaanxi.

During the period, China reported 93 patients who had been falsely diagnosed with suspected cases, of which, 56 from Guangdong, 20 from Beijing, 7 from Shanxi, 5 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from Anhui, 1 from Liaoning, 1 from Shanghai, and 1 from Sichuan. By 10:00 am of May 4, China had a total of 2,599 suspected cases.

More Fund Earmarked to Fight SARS

Another 60 million yuan (about US$7.23 million) has been earmarked to subsidize SARS-fighting operations in four designated areas.

The National Headquarters for Prevention and Control of SARS announced the expenditure on Saturday.

The increased funding came from the 240 million yuan (28.92 million US dollars) set aside earlier by central finance to support SARS-combating operations in China's 24 central and western provinces and autonomous regions.

The four areas to benefit are Hebei, Shanxi provinces, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

The special funding, which was allocated on April 29, will be used to cover the cost of SARS treatment for needy patients and for the purchase of medical equipment.

Shanxi and Inner Mongolia will receive 20 million yuan (about 2.41 million US dollars) each, while Hebei and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps will be allotted 10 million yuan (about 1.21 million US dollars) each.

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