Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, June 13, 2003
Chinese Mainland Reports No New SARS Cases (June 13)
The Chinese mainland reported no new SARS cases and no new deaths from the disease between 10:00 a.m. June 12 and 10:00 a.m. June 13, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
The Chinese mainland reported no new SARS cases and no new deaths from the disease between 10:00 a.m. June 12 and 10:00 a.m. June 13, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
During this period, 73 patients were discharged from hospital, of which 68 are from Beijing.
One new suspected case has been found in south China's Guangdong Province.
The current number of suspected SARS patients amounts to 120, and 447 patients are still in hospital receiving treatment.
From 10:00 am June 12 to 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland also reported 101 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 84 were from Beijing, 13 from Tianjin, 2 from Guangdong, and 1 each from Shanxi and Jilin. By 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland had a total of 120 suspected cases.
From 10:00 am May 25 to 10:00 am June 13, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 55 diagnosed SARS cases (including 10 new diagnosed cases and 45 patients who used to be suspected cases).
Of these figures, Beijing reported 10 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 34 suspected cases as SARS patients; Shanxi reported no new diagnosed case and confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient; Hebei reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4 suspected cases as SARS patients; Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4 suspected cases as SARS patients; Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient.
Now 447 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.
According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 13, 6 provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Hebei had reported no new diagnosed case for more than 15 days; Liaoning had reported no new diagnosed case for 10 days, and Sichuan had reported no new diagnosed case for 7 days.