Chinese Mainland Reports 20 New SARS Cases (May 23)

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Chinese Mainland Reports 20 New SARS Cases (May 23)

The Chinese mainland reported 20 new SARS cases and three new deaths from the disease between 10:00a.m. May 22 and 10:00 a.m. May 23, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

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The Chinese mainland reported 20 new SARS cases and three new deaths from the disease between 10:00a.m. May 22 and 10:00 a.m. May 23, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

The cumulative SARS cases rose to 5,285, while the number of SARS patients discharged from hospitals and the death toll reached 2,544 and 303, respectively, the ministry said in a daily report.

Beijing reported 15 new SARS cases and two new deaths from the disease from 10:00 a.m. May 22 to 10:00 a.m. May 23, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

On May 23, 7 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 5 provinces reported both new cases and new suspected cases, 2 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 24 provinces reported no new cases.

By 10:00 am May 23, 26 provinces had reported SARS cases. So far, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai provinces, and Tibet Autonomous Region have not found any case. Of the provinces having reported suspected or diagnosed SARS cases, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang still reported no diagnosed cases; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei and Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively; Liaoning, Ningxia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan, Fujian and Shandong had reported no new cases for more than 1 month; Ningxia had reported no new case for 20 days; Jiangxi had reported no new case for 19 days; Henan and Chongqing had reported no new cases for 16 days respectively; Zhejiang had reported no new case for 15 days; Shaanxi had reported no new case for 14 days; Anhui had reported no new case for 13 days; Jiangsu and Gansu had reported no new cases for 12 days; Tianjin, Jilin and Guangdong had reported no new cases for 6 days; and Guangxi had reported no new case for 5 days.

Of these figures: Beijing reported 15 new cases (of which 14 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 54 patients recovered and 2 deaths; Hebei reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient), and 11 patients recovered; Inner Mongolia reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient), and 6 patients recovered; Shanghai reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient); Sichuan reported 2 new cases (both of which used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), and 3 recovered; Tianjin reported no new case, and 4 recovered; Shanxi reported no new case, 12 patients recovered and 1 death; Henan and Shaanxi reported no new cases, and 1 recovered respectively; Hubei reported no new case, and 2 recovered; Guangdong reported no new case, and 5 patients recovered.

From 10:00 am May 22 to 10:00 am May 23, China also reported 40 new suspected cases, including 17 from Beijing, 5 from Hebei, 2 each from Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Sichuan, 1 from Shanghai, and 11 from Guangdong.

China also reported 95 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 29 were from Beijing, 24 from Hebei, 13 from Guangdong, 11 from Shanxi, 8 from Inner Mongolia, 3 from Shanghai, 2 each from Sichuan and Shaanxi, and 1 each from Jiangsu, Henan and Guangxi. By 10:00 am May 23, China had a total of 1,714 suspected cases.

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