The Press Office under the Ministry of Health published Tuesday afternoon a press release on the latest SARS situation on the Chinese mainland.

From 10:00 am June 9 to 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland reported no new diagnosed or suspected SARS case, 108 patients recovered and 3 deaths. Beijing reported 94 patients recovered and 2 deaths; and Shanxi reported 6 patients recovered and 1 death. Patients recovered also included 7 from Inner Mongolia and 1 from Hebei.

From 10:00 am June 9 to 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland also reported 116 misdiagnosed suspected cases, of which 100 were from Beijing, 7 each from Inner Mongolia and Jiangsu, and 1 each from Shanxi and Anhui. By 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland had a total of 443 suspected cases.

From 10:00 am May 22 to 10:00 am June 10, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 134 diagnosed SARS cases (including 22 new diagnosed cases and 112 patients who used to be suspected cases).

Of these figures,

Beijing reported 17 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 82 suspected cases as SARS patients

Hebei reported 3 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 9 suspected cases as SARS patients

Shanxi reported 2 new diagnosed cases and confirmed 5 suspected cases as SARS patients

Inner Mongolia reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 8 suspected cases as SARS patients

Liaoning reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 4 suspected cases as SARS patients

Sichuan reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 3 suspected cases as SARS patients

Shanghai reported no new diagnosed case but confirmed 1 suspected case as SARS patient

Now 684 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals.

According to the statistics standard of WHO, by 10:00 am June 10, 7 provinces on the Chinese mainland had reported SARS cases. Shanghai, 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; and Beijing and Liaoning had reported no new diagnosed case for 7 days.

(China.org.cn June 10, 2003)