Chinese Mainland Reports 3 New SARS Cases (May 29)

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Chinese Mainland Reports 3 New SARS Cases (May 29)

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There were three new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases and two new deaths from the disease between 10:00 a.m. May 28 and 10:00 a.m. May 29 on the Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Health reported Thursday.

The cumulative SARS cases rose to 5,325 while the number of SARS patients discharged from hospitals and the death toll reached 3,121 and 327 respectively, the ministry said in a daily report.

On May 29, 4 provinces reported new SARS case, of which, 1 province reported both new diagnosed cases and new suspected cases, 3 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 27 provinces reported no new cases.

Beijing reported 3 new cases (all of which used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 62 patients recovered and 1 death; Hebei reported no new case, 3 patients recovered and 1 death. The remaining provinces reported no new diagnosed case or death.

Patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital included 9 from Shanxi, 4 each from Tianjin and Inner Mongolia, 2 from Guangdong, and 1 from Henan.

From 10:00 am May 28 to 10:00 am May 29, China also reported 174 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 141 were from Beijing, 12 from Guangdong, 8 from Inner Mongolia, 3 each from Hebei and Shanxi, 2 each from Helongjiang and Shaanxi, and 1 each from Tianjin, Jiangsu and Hubei. By 10:00 am May 29, China had a total of 1,120 suspected cases.

By 10:00 am May 29, 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 case; Ningxia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei, Liaoning and Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan, Fujian and Shandong had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 1 month; Ningxia, Jiangxi, Henan, Chongqing, Zhejiang and Shaanxi had reported no new diagnosed case for 20 days; Anhui, Jiangsu, Gansu, Tianjin, Jilin, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hubei had reported no new diagnosed case for 10 days; Shanghai and Sichuan had reported no new diagnosed case for 6 days; and Liaoning had reported no new diagnosed case for 5 days.

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