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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 1 pm today (May 3), there is an additional 10 patients confirmed to have atypical pneumonia following admission to public hospitals earlier. They include one healthcare worker from the Prince of Wales Hospital. The remaining 9 are other patients and contacts of patients with atypical pneumonia.
A total of 898 patients have recovered from atypical pneumonia and have been discharged from public hospitals. Of them, 20 were discharged today. There are also 110 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. Eighty patients are receiving treatment in intensive care unit.
Nine patients died in United Christian Hospital (UCH), Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH), Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Tai Po Hospital (TPH), Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (AHNH). This brought to 179 the total number of deaths relating to atypical pneumonia.
The deceased include six men and three women who are aged from 50 to 96. Their information is as follows:
Hospital Patient's gender Age
UCH female* 57
PWH male* 73
female* 96
PMH female 58
male 75
Male* 70
TPH male* 79
QEH male* 50
AHNH male* 86
*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 | 363 ( + 1) | 222 ( + 9) | 179 ( +9) |
| Patients, family members & visitors | 1258 ( +9) | 676 ( +11) | |
| Total | 1621 ( +10) ** | 898 ( +20) |
| Suspected cases | 28 |
| * | 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 110 recovering patients in convalescence. |
End/Saturday, May 3, 2003
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