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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
There are four new confirmed cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) today (June 2). One of these cases involves a healthcare worker of North District hospital.
The number of patients recovered and discharged from hospital continues to rise to 1319. Of them, one was discharged today.
The number of SARS patients in intensive care unit continues to drop to 25. These cases are part of the 86 cases under treatment in hospitals. Most of the patients are showing positive responses to the treatment protocol. In addition, 59 are recovering patients in convalescence and in preparation for discharge.
One patient died in Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (AHNH). This brought to 282 the total number of deaths relating to SARS.
The deceased was a woman aged 30. Her information is as follows:
Hospital Patient's gender Age
AHNH female 30
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 | 385 ( + 1) | 350 | 282 ( + 1) |
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| Patients, family members & visitors | 1361 ( + 3) | 969 ( + 1) | ||||||||||
| Total | 1746 ( + 4) | 1319 ( + 1) | ||||||||||
| Suspected cases | 5 |
End/Monday, June 2, 2003
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