Chinese Mainland Reports 17 New SARS Cases (May 20)

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Chinese Mainland Reports 17 New SARS Cases (May 20)

The Chinese mainland reported 17 new SARS cases in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. Tuesday and five people died from the disease. So far the total number of SARS cases in the Chinese mainland has reached 5,248, of whom 959 are medical workers. 2,254 patients have recovered and 294 died.

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There were 17 new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases and five new deaths from the disease between 10:00 a.m. May 19 and 10:00 a.m. May 20 on the Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Health reported Tuesday.

The cumulative SARS cases rose to 5,248, while the number of SARS patients discharged from hospitals and the death toll reached2,254 and 294, respectively, the ministry said in a daily report.

In Beijing, 12 new cases were reported, with 46 discharged from hospitals and four deaths during the period.

On May 20, 11 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 4 provinces reported both new cases and new suspected cases, 7 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 20 provinces reported no cases.

By 10:00 am May 20, 25 provinces have reported SARS cases. So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions have not found any case. Of the provinces having reported suspected or diagnosed SARS cases, Heilongjiang still reported no diagnosed case; Anhui, Gansu, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively; Ningxia, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan, Fujian and Shandong had reported no new cases for more than 20 days; Ningxia had reported no new case for 17 days; Jiangxi had reported no new case for 16 days; Henan and Chongqing had reported no new cases for 13 days respectively; Zhejiang had reported no new case for 12 days; Shaanxi had reported no new case for 11 days; Shanghai and Anhui had reported no new cases for 10 days; Jiangsu and Gansu had reported no new cases for 9 days; Liaoning had reported no new case for 8 days.

Of these figures: Beijing reported 12 new cases (of which 10 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 46 patients recovered and 4 deaths; Hebei reported 3 new cases (all of which used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), and 16 patients recovered; Shanxi reported 1 new case and 8 patients recovered; Inner Mongolia reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient) and 4 patients recovered; Tianjin reported no new case and 2 patients recovered; Liaoning and Shaanxi reported no new cases and 1 patient recovered respectively; Jilin reported no new case, 1 patient recovered, and 1 death; Guangdong reported no new case and 27 patients recovered.

From 10:00 am May 19 to 10:00 am May 20, China also reported 38 new suspected cases, including 17 from Beijing, 2 each from Shanxi, Liaoning and Hubei, 1 each from Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanghai, Henan and Guangxi, and 9 from Guangdong.

During the period, China also reported 122 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 56 were from Guangdong, 31 from Beijing, 9 from Shanxi, 6 from Inner Mongolia, 5 from Hebei, 4 from Shaanxi, 2 each from Tianjin, Shanghai and Jiangsu and 1 each from Jilin, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Gansu. By 10:00 am May 20, China had a total of 1,936 suspected cases.

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