Chinese Mainland Reports 160 New SARS Cases

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Chinese Mainland Reports 160 New SARS Cases

The Chinese mainland reported 160 new SARS cases and nine new deaths between 10:00 a.m. May 4 and 10:00 a.m. May 5, the Ministry of Health said Monday. The cumulative SARS cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 4,280 and death toll from the disease reached 206 by 10:00 a.m. on Monday.
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The Chinese mainland reported 160 new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases and nine new deaths between 10:00 a.m. of May 4 and 10:00 a.m. of May 5, according to the Ministry of Health Monday. Of the 160 cases, 88 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients.

The cumulative SARS cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 4,280 (including 851 medical workers), which included 1,433 patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 206 deaths by 10:00 a.m. on Monday.

Beijing reported 4 patients who had been falsely diagnosed with SARS. Inner Mongolia repeatedly reported 1 patient who had been diagnosed with SARS. Now 2,641 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.

On May 5, 14 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 9 provinces reported both new SARS cases and new suspected cases and 5 provinces reported new suspected SARS cases, and the remaining 17 provinces reported no case. By 10:00 am of May 5, 26 provinces have reported SARS cases. So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces and Tibet Autonomous Region have not found any SARS cases.

In addition, Fujian Province has reported no new case for 27 days while Shandong Province has reported no new case for 11 days. What's more, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Hunan provinces and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have reported no new case for 5 successive days.

Beijing reported 98 new cases (of which 58 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients), 3 patients recovered and 3 deaths; Tianjin reported 9 new cases and 1 death; Hebei reported 9 new cases (of which 6 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and one patient recovered; Shanxi reported 21 new cases (of which 16 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 2 deaths; Inner Mongolia reported 6 new cases (of which 4 used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 4 patients recovered; Jilin reported 3 new cases (all of whom used to be suspected cases and now are confirmed as SARS patients); Anhui reported 1 new cases; Henan reported 1 patient recovered; Guangdong reported 12 new cases (of which 1 used to be suspected case and now is confirmed as SARS patient), 8 patients recovered and 3 deaths; Shaanxi reported 1 new case.

From 10:00 am of May 4 to 10:00 am of May 5, China also reported 177 new suspected cases, including 65 from Beijing, 14 from Tianjin, 21 from Hebei, 12 from Shanxi, 15 from Inner Mongolia, 1 from Liaoning, 1 from Jilin, 1 from Shanghai, 1 from Jiangsu, 2 from Anhui, 1 from Henan, 40 from Guangdong, 2 from Sichuan and 1 from Shaanxi.

At the same time, China reported 84 patients who had been falsely diagnosed with suspected cases, of which, 34 from Beijing, 20 from Shanxi, 7 from Hebei, 4 from Inner Mongolia, 4 from Shanghai, 4 from Guangdong, 3 from Tianjin, 3 from Sichuan, 3 from Shaanxi, 1 from Henan and 1 from Guangxi. By 10:00 am of May 5, China had a total of 2,604 suspected cases.

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