Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Chinese Mainland Reports No New SARS Cases (June 17)
The Chinese mainland reported no new SARS cases and no new deaths from the disease between 10:00 a.m. June 16 and 10:00 a.m. June 17, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
From 10:00 am June 16 to 10:00 am June 17, the Chinese mainland reported no new diagnosed SARS case, 69 patients recovered and discharged from hospital, and no death. The recovered patients included 67 from Beijing and 1 each from Hebei and Sichuan.
Beijing reported 2 new suspected cases, and Guangdong reported 2 misdiagnosed suspected cases.
Now 248 diagnosed patients and 50 suspected patients are receiving treatment in hospitals on the Chinese mainland.
According to the statistical standard of the WHO, by 10:00 am June 17, provinces on the Chinese mainland reporting SARS cases included Beijing, Liaoning and Sichuan. Beijing had reported no new diagnosed case for 6 days, and 204 diagnosed patients and 5 suspected patients are receiving treatment in hospitals. Liaoning had reported no local transmission, no new diagnosed case for 14 days, and 3 diagnosed patients and 1 suspected patient are receiving treatment in hospitals. Sichuan had reported no local transmission, no new diagnosed case for 11 days, and 1 diagnosed patient and 1 suspected patient are receiving treatment in hospitals.
Other provinces reporting diagnosed patients who are receiving treatment in hospitals included 17 from Tianjin, 12 from Shanxi, 3 from Guangdong, 2 each from Inner Mongolia, Shanghai and Zhejiang, and 1 each from Guangxi and Chongqing.
Other provinces reporting suspected patients included 29 from Tianjin, 8 from Inner Mongolia, 5 from Guangdong, and 1 from Xinjiang.