From: 1 Nov 20021 To: 31 Mar 2003, 17:00 GMT+2
| Country |
Cumulative number of case(s) |
Number of deaths |
Local chain(s) of transmission2 |
| Canada |
44 |
4 |
Yes |
| China3 |
806 |
34 |
Yes |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
530 |
13* |
Yes |
| China, Taiwan |
10 |
0 |
Yes |
| France |
1 |
0 |
None |
| Germany |
5 |
0 |
None |
| Italy |
2 |
0 |
None |
| Republic of Ireland |
2 |
0 |
None |
| Romania |
3 |
0 |
None |
| Singapore |
91 |
2 |
Yes |
| Switzerland |
3 |
0 |
None |
| Thailand |
5 |
1 |
None |
| United Kingdom |
3 |
0 |
None |
| United States |
59 § |
0 |
To be determined |
| Viet Nam |
58 |
4 |
Yes |
| Total |
1622 |
58 |
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Notes:
Cumulative number of cases includes number of deaths.
As SARS is a diagnosis of exclusion, the status of a reported case may change over time. This means that previously reported cases may be discarded after further investigation and follow-up.
1. The start of the period of surveillance has been changed to 1 November 2002 to capture cases of atypical pneumonia in China that are now recognized as being cases of SARS.
2. National public health authorities report to WHO on the areas in which local chain(s) of transmission is/are occurring. These areas are provided on the list of Affected Areas.
3. The reporting period from Guangdong Province is from 16 November 2002 to 28 February 2003.
§ Due to differences in the case definitions being used at a national level, probable cases are reported by all countries except the United States of America, which is reporting suspect cases under investigation.
* One death attributed to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China occurred in a case medically transferred from Viet Nam.
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This thing keeps growing. An AP story tonight states that there are 69 cases of SARS in the US, 19 of them in California.
