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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
There is one new confirmed case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) today (June 3). There is no case involving healthcare workers.
The number of patients recovered and discharged from hospital continues to rise to 1326. Of them, seven were discharged today.
The number of SARS patients in intensive care unit is 25. These cases are part of the 79 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 North District Hospital (NDH). This brought to 283 the total number of deaths relating to SARS.
The deceased was a woman aged 83. Her information is as follows:
Hospital Patient's gender Age
NDH female* 83
* 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 | 385 | 353 ( + 3) | 283 ( + 1) |
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| Patients, family members & visitors | 1362 ( + 1) | 973 ( + 4) | ||||||||||
| Total | 1747 ( + 1) | 1326 ( + 7) | ||||||||||
| Suspected cases | 7 |
End/Tuesday, June 3, 2003
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