Chinese Mainland Reports 85 New SARS Cases

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Chinese Mainland Reports 85 New SARS Cases

The Chinese mainland reported 85 new SARS cases and five new deaths between 10:00 a.m. May 9 and 10:00 a.m. May 10, the Ministry of Health said Saturday. The accumulative SARS cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 4,884 cases, and the death toll was 235 by 10:00 a.m. May 10.
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The Chinese mainland reported 85 new SARS cases (among which 49 were suspected cases and now confirmed as SARS patients) and five new deaths between 10:00 a.m. May 9 and 10:00 a.m. May 10, the Ministry of Health said Saturday.

The accumulative SARS cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 4,884 cases (931 medical workers), which included 1,620 patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 235 deaths. Currently, a total of 3,029 patients are receiving medical treatment in hospital.

Beijing reported 54 new SARS cases and two deaths from 10:00 a.m. May 9 to 10:00 a.m. May 10 and the city now has 116 dead and 2,227 confirmed cases.

On May 10, 13 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 8 provinces reported both new cases and new suspected cases, 1 province reported new cases and 4 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 18 provinces reported no cases.

So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have not found any cases. Of the provinces having reported suspected or confirmed SARS cases, Heilongjiang still reports no diagnosed case; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan and Ningxia reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively; Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Liaoning, Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Fujian Province has had no reported case for 32 successive days while Hunan Province has reported no new cases for 19 days; Shandong Province has reported no new case for 16 days; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has reported no new cases for 8 days; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has reported no new cases for 7 days; Jiangxi Province has reported no new case for 6 days.

Of these figures: Beijing reported 54 new cases (of which 24 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 7 patients recovered and 2 deaths; Tianjin reported 8 new cases (of which 7 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients) and 1 death;Hebei reported 1 new case; Shanxi reported 11 new cases (of which 8 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 12 recovered and 1 death; Inner Mongolia reported 6 new cases (all of which were suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients) and 2 patients recovered; Jilin reported 1 death; Shanghai reported 1 new case (which was suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient); Jiangsu reported 1 new case (which was suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient); Anhui reported 1 new case; Guangdong reported 2 new cases (all of which were suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients) and 17 patients recovered.

From 10:00 am May 9 to 10:00 am May 10, China also reported 137 new suspected cases, including 45 from Beijing, 5 from Tianjin, 13 from Hebei, 18 from Shanxi, 7 from Inner Mongolia, 3 from Shanghai, 1 each from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, 41 from Guangdong, and 1 each from Chongqing and Sichuan.

During the period China reported 128 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which, 49 from Beijing, 31 from Guangdong, 19 from Shanxi, 12 from Inner Mongolia, 4 from Shanghai, 3 from Tianjin, 2 each from Jiangsu, Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, 1 each from Hebei, Hunan. By 10:00 am May 10, China had a total of 2,526 suspected cases.

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