Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, June 12, 2003
Chinese Mainland Reports No New SARS Cases (June 12)
The Chinese mainland reported no new SARS cases and one new death from the disease between 10:00 a.m. June 11 and 10:00 a.m. June 12, the Ministry of Health said Thursday. The one death was found in Beijing.
The Chinese mainland reported no new SARS cases and one new death from the disease between 10:00 a.m. June 11 and 10:00 a.m. June 12, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.
From 10:00 am June 11 to 10:00 am June 12, Guangdong reported 1 new suspected SARS case.
The Chinese mainland also reported 108 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 102 were from Beijing, 2 from Guangdong, and 1 each from Tianjin, Shanxi, Anhui and Henan. By 10:00 am June 12, the Chinese mainland had a total of 220 suspected cases.
During the period, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 89 diagnosed SARS cases (including 14 new diagnosed cases and 75 patients who used to be suspected cases).
Of these figures, Beijing reported 12 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 58 suspected cases as SARS patients; Shanxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 3 suspected cases as SARS patients; Hebei reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 5 suspected cases as SARS patients; Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 6 suspected cases as SARS patients; Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 2 suspected cases as SARS patients; Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 12, 6 provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanxi and Inner Mongolia had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days; Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 10 days; Liaoning had reported no new diagnosed case for 9 days, and Sichuan had reported no new diagnosed case for 6 days.