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Ministry of Health Press Release (May 25) on SARS
The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Sunday afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the Chinese mainland. On May 25, 7 provinces reported new SARS cases, of which, 2 provinces reported both new diagnosed cases and new suspected cases, 1 province reported new diagnosed cases, 4 provinces reported new suspected cases, and the remaining 24 provinces reported no new case.

By 10:00 am May 25, 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; Anhui, Shanghai, Gansu, Jiangsu, Hubei, Liaoning and Hunan reported less than 10 diagnosed cases respectively; Ningxia, Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangxi and Shandong reported less than 5 diagnosed cases respectively. Hunan, Fujian and Shandong had reported no new case for more than 1 month; Ningxia and Jiangxi had reported no new case for 20 days; Henan, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Gansu had reported no new case for 10 days respectively; Tianjin, Jilin and Guangdong had reported no new case for 8 days; Guangxi had reported no new case for 7 days, and Hubei had reported no new case for 6 days.

From 10:00 am May 24 to 10:00 am May 25, China reported 16 new cases, 67 patients recovered and 7 deaths. Of the 16 cases, 13 used to be suspected but now are confirmed as SARS patients.

Of these figures:

Beijing reported 13 new cases (of which 10 used to be suspected but now confirmed as SARS patients), 37 patients recovered and 4 deaths

Hebei reported 1 new case (which used to be suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient), and 5 patients recovered

Inner Mongolia reported 2 new cases (both of which used to be suspected but now confirmed as a SARS patient), 5 patients recovered and 1 death

Tianjin reported no new case, and 5 recovered

Shanxi reported no new case, and 9 patients recovered

Liaoning reported no new case, and 1 death

Jilin and Gansu reported no new case, with each province reporting 1 patient recovered

Hubei reported no new case, 1 recovered and 1 death

Guangdong reported no new case, and 3 patients recovered.

By 10:00 am May 25, China had a total of 5,316 SARS cases (964 medical workers; Beijing reported 4 misdiagnosed cases including 1 medical worker; Hebei reported 2 misdiagnosed cases; Inner Mongolia reported 2 misdiagnosed cases including 1 medical worker; and Shanxi reported 1 misdiagnosed case.), which included 2,742 patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital and 315 deaths. Now 2,259 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.

From 10:00 am May 24 to 10:00 am May 25, China also reported 35 new suspected cases, including 16 from Beijing, 2 from Hebei, 1 each from Shanxi, Hubei and Sichuan, and 14 from Guangdong.

From 10:00 am May 24 to 10:00 am May 25, China also reported 81 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 35 were from Beijing, 14 from Hebei, 12 from Shanxi, 6 from Guangdong, 4 from Inner Mongolia, 2 from Sichuan, and 1 each from Tianjin, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi and Ningxia. By 10:00 am May 25, China had a total of 1,573 suspected cases.

(China.org.cn May 25, 2003)


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