Chinese Mainland Reports 69 New SARS Cases (May 11)

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Chinese Mainland Reports 69 New SARS Cases (May 11)

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The Chinese mainland reported 69 new SARS cases (among which 39 were suspected cases and now confirmed as SARS patients) and five new deaths between 10:00 a.m. May 10 and 10:00 a.m. May 11, the Ministry of Health said Sunday.

The accumulative SARS cases rose to 4,948; the death toll and the number of SARS patients discharged from hospitals, 240 and1,652, respectively, the ministry said.

Beijing reported 42 new SARS cases and four deaths from 10:00 a.m. May 10 to 10:00 a.m. May 11, the Ministry of Health said Sunday in Beijing.

On May 11, 14 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 6 provinces reported both new cases and new suspected cases, 1 province reported new cases and 7 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 17 provinces reported no cases.

So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions have not found any cases. Of the provinces having reported suspected or confirmed SARS cases, Heilongjiang Province still reports no diagnosed case; Shanghai, Anhui, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively; Chongqing, Zhejiang, Fujian, Liaoning, Jiangxi and Shandong provinces reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Fujian Province has reported no new case for 33 days; Huan Province has reported no new case for 20 days; Shandong Province has reported no new case for 17 days; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has reported no new case for 9 days; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has reported no new case for 8 days; Jiangxi Province has reported no new case for 7 days, Hubei Province has reported no new case for 5 days.

Of these figures: Beijing reported 42 new cases (of which 21 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 11 patients recovered and 4 deaths; Tianjin reported 8 new cases (all of which used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients) ;Hebei reported 9 new cases (of which 5 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 2 patients recovered; Shanxi reported 6 new cases (of which 3 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), and 6 recovered; Inner Mongolia reported 2 recovered and 1 death; Jiangsu reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients) ;Henan reported 1 recovered; Guangdong reported 2 new cases (of which 1 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients) and 9 recovered;Shaanxi reported 1 recovered; Gansu reported 1 new case.

From 10:00 am May 10 to 10:00 am May 11, China also reported 145 new suspected cases, including 51 from Beijing, 9 from Tianjin, 4 from Hebei, 20 from Shanxi, 7 from Inner Mongolia, 3 from Liaoning, 2 from Shanghai, 1 each from Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan, 44 from Guangdong, and 1 each from Chongqing and Shaanxi.

During the period China reported 73 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which, 24 from Guangdong, 16 from Beijing, 9 from Tianjin, 8 from Shanxi, 3 each from Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Anhui, 2 each from Sichuan and Shaanxi, 1 each from Shanghai, Hubei and Gansu. By 10:00 am May 11, China had a total of 2,559 suspected cases.

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