Chinese Mainland Reports 4,698 SARS Cases

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Chinese Mainland Reports 4,698 SARS Cases

The accumulative severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases in the Chinese mainland rose to 4,698 cases as of 10:00 a.m. Thursday, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Health.

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The cumulative cases of severe acuterespiratory syndrome (SARS) on the Chinese mainland rose to 4,698 by 10:00 a.m. May 8, the Ministry of Health reported Thursday.

Of the total cases, 1,529 patients had been discharged from hospitals upon recovery and 224 died.

The Chinese mainland also reported a total of 2,648 suspected cases meanwhile.

The following is a breakdown of figures:

I. Total

Area Case Discharged Death

(medical worker) Patient

Beijing 2,136* (370) 152 112

Tianjin 132 (64) 2 5

Hebei 147 (15) 9** 6

Shanxi 391 (76) 54 17

Inner Mongolia 266***(39) 13 16

Liaoning 2 0 0

Jilin 26 (6) 0 3

Shanghai 6 0 1

Jiangsu 5 0 0

Zhejiang 4 0 0

Anhui 9 0 0

Fujian 3 2 0

Jiangxi 1 0 0

Shandong 1 0 0

Henan 15 (1) 2 0

Hubei 6 (1) 0 0

Hunan 6 5 1

Guangdong 1,485 (344) 1,273 56

Guangxi 20 9 3

Chongqing 3 0 0

Sichuan 11 4 2

Shaanxi 11 (1) 2 0

Gansu 6 0 1

Ningxia 6 2 1

Total 4,698 (917) 1,529 224

II. Newly reported cases (10:00 a.m. May 7 to 10:00 a.m. May 8)

Area New case Discharged Death

(Suspect-turned case) Patient

Beijing 94(57) 11 2

Tianjin 5(5) 1 0

Hebei 13(7) 5 0

Shanxi 13(12) 3 0

Inner Mongolia 9(7) 0 0

Liaoning 1(1) 0 0

Jilin 1(1) 0 1

Shanghai 0 0 1

Jiangsu 1(1) 0 0

Zhejiang 1(1) 0 0

Henan 0 1 0

Guangdong 7(6) 17 1

Sichuan 0 1 0

Shaanxi 1(1) 2 0

Ningxia 0 2 0

Total 146(99) 43 5

III. Cumulative suspected cases (by 10:00 a.m., May 8)

Area Suspected Case

Beijing 1,486

Tianjin 118

Hebei 110

Shanxi 152

Inner Mongolia 198

Liaoning 3

Jilin 7

Heilongjiang 4

Shanghai 12

Jiangsu 22

Zhejiang 5

Anhui 11

Fujian 1

Jiangxi 2

Shandong 1

Henan 14

Hubei 14

Hunan 3

Guangdong 419

Guangxi 4

Chongqing 7

Sichuan 18

Shaanxi 27

Gansu 3

Ningxia 7

Total 2,648

* Seven cases were ruled out from Beijing's total clinically confirmed cases, including three cases which had been turned to suspected cases.

** One case which had been calculated twice was removed from the total number of discharged patients in Hebei.

*** One case was ruled out from the total clinically confirmed cases in Inner Mongolia.

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