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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 1 pm today (April 26), there is an additional 17 patients confirmed to have atypical pneumonia following admission to public hospitals earlier. They include three healthcare workers (one from Caritas Medical Centre, one from Tai Po Hospital and one from Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital). The remaining 14 are other patients and contacts of patients with atypical pneumonia.
A total of 632 patients have recovered from atypical pneumonia and have been discharged from public hospitals. Of them, 18 were discharged today. There are also 129 recovering patients who are in convalescence and preparation for discharge.
Most of the patients currently in hospital are showing positive responses to the new treatment protocol. One hundred and one patients are receiving treatment in intensive care unit.
Six patients died in Caritas Medical Centre (CMC), Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH), and United Christian Hospital (UCH). This brought to 121 the total number of deaths relating to atypical pneumonia.
The deceased are aged from 28 to 70 and include one woman and five men. Their information is as follows:
Hospital Patient's gender Age
CMC male* 70
PMH female 45
male 40
TMH male 61
male 38
UCH male 28
*denotes patient with a history of chronic disease
The cumulative figure for patients who have been admitted to public hospitals with atypical pneumonia since March 12 is as follows:
| Nature | Cumulative Number | Total No. of Discharged Patients | Total No. of Deaths * |
| Health care workers of Hospitals/Clinics and medical students | 345 | 140 | 121 |
| Patients, family members & visitors | 1182 | 492 | |
| Total | 1527 ** | 632 |
| Suspected cases | 26 |
| * | Most of the deaths occurred in individuals who have a history of chronic diseases, or were patients who sought treatment at a relatively late stage of infection. |
| ** | There are 129 recovering patients in convalescence. |
End/Saturday, April 26, 2003
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