PLA Daily 2003-06-02

　 　Daily reporting of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases from the Chinese Ministry of Health as of 10:00 a.m. June 1:

　　Cumulative SARS cases: 5,328;

　　SARS patients discharged: 3,431;

　　Deaths related to SARS: 332;

　　Suspected SARS cases: 982.

　　The following is a breakdown of the figures in the major SARS-affected areas on the Chinese mainland:

　　I. Cumulative cases

　　Area Case Discharged Death

　　(medical workers) Patients

　　Beijing 2,522 (399) 1,124 181

　　Hebei 216 (23) 155 12

　　Shanxi 448* (80) 339 21

　　Inner Mongolia 284 (41) 165 28

　　Liaoning 6 (2) 2 2

　　Shanghai 8 3 2

　　Sichuan 19 12 2

　　Hubei 7 (1) 4 1

　　Guangxi 22 16 3

　　Tianjin 175 (67) 94 14

　　Jilin 35 (7) 20 6

　　Guangdong 1,511 (346) 1,442 57

　　II. Newly reported cases:

　　Area New cases Discharged Death

　　(Suspect-turned cases) Patients

　　Beijing 1 (1) 37 0

　　Hebei 1 (1)** 3 0

　　Shanxi 0 3 0

　　Inner Mongolia 0 9 0

　　Shanghai 0 1 0

　　Tianjin 0 7 0

　　Guangdong 0 1 0

　 III. Suspected cases:

　　Area Cumulative Suspected Cases New Suspected Cases

　　Beijing 739 4

　　Hebei 6 0

　　Shanxi 14 0

　　Inner Mongolia 71 0

　　Liaoning 3 0

　　Shanghai 1 0

　　Sichuan 1 0

　　Hubei 7 0

　　Tianjin 76 0

　　Jilin 7 0

　　Guangdong 36 3

　　(The figures do not include those in China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan Province.)

　　* Two clinically diagnosed cases in Shanxi were ruled out;

　　** One suspected case in Hebei, which had been previously ruledout, was later confirmed as a clinically diagnosed case.

　　(June 1, Xinhuanet)