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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
There are three new confirmed cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) today (May 22). This is the 19th day in a row that Hong Kong's daily infection cases were in single digits. It is also the seventh consecutive day with a daily figure below five.
Today, there is no SARS case involving healthcare worker. This is the fourth consecutive day that has no healthcare worker infected (May 19, 20, 21 and 22).
A total of 1247 patients have recovered from SARS and have been discharged from public hospitals. Of them, 10 were discharged today. There are now 153 active cases under treatment in hospitals, of whom 42 patients are in intensive care unit. Most of the patients currently in hospital are showing positive responses to the treatment protocol. In addition, 64 are recovering patients in convalescence and in preparation for discharge.
Three patients died in Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) and Caritas Medical Centre (CMC). This brought to 258 the total number of deaths relating to SARS.
The deceased include three women aged from 70 to 85. Their information is as follows:
Hospital Patient's gender AgePWH female* 85
female* 70
CMC female* 78
*denotes patient with a history of chronic disease
The cumulative figure for patients who have been admitted to public hospitals with SARS since March 12 is as follows:
| Nature | Cumulative Number | Total No. of Discharged Patients | Total No. of Deaths | No. of Patients in Hospital |
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| Health care workers of Hospitals/Clinics and medical students | 379 | 338 ( + 3) | 258 ( + 3) |
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| Patients, family members & visitors | 1343 ( + 3) | 909 ( + 7) | ||||||||||
| Total | 1722 ( + 3) | 1247 ( + 10) | ||||||||||
| Suspected cases | 13 |
End/Thursday, May 22, 2003
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