Emergencies preparedness, response

Cumulative Number of Reported Probable1 Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

From: 1 Nov 20022 To: 12 Apr 2003,20:00 GMT+2
(Revised on 25 April 2003)

See Affected Areas, 12 April 2003

Country Cumulative number of case(s) Number of new cases since last WHO update

Final Status

Local chain(s) of transmission 3

Number of deaths Number recovered
Brazil  2 0 0  0

None
Canada  101 3 10 26  Yes
China  1309 0 58  1037  Yes
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 4 1108 49 35  215  Yes
China, Taiwan 23  2 0  7  Yes
France  5 0 0 1  None
Germany  6  0 0  4  None
Italy  3  0 0 2  None
Japan 4 0 0 0 None
Kuwait  1  0 0  0  None
Malaysia  4  0 1  0  None
Republic of Ireland  1  0 0  1  None
Romania  1  0 0  not available  None
Singapore 147 14 9  77  Yes
South Africa 1 0 0 0 None
Spain  1  0 0  0  None
Switzerland  1  0 0  1  None
Thailand  8  1 2  5  None
United Kingdom  6 1 0  3  Yes
United States  166 0 0  not available Yes
Viet Nam 5  62  0 4  46  Yes
Total 2960 70 119 1425  

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. 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 suspected cases under investigation.

2. 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.

3. 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 (See http://www.who.int/csr/sars/areas/en/).

4. One death attributed to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China occurred in a case medically transferred from Viet Nam.

5. One probable case was discarded and one new probable case identified, therefore the cumulative number of cases for Viet Nam has not changed.