Cumulative Number of Reported Probable Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
From: 1 Nov 20021 To: 21 Apr 2003, 17:00 GMT+2
See Affected Areas, 21 April 2003
Final Status Local chain(s) of transmission3 Date of last report None 17 Apr 2003 None 16 Apr 2003 Yes 19 Apr 2003 Yes
21 Apr 2003 Yes
21 Apr 2003 Yes 18 Apr 2003 None
21 Apr 2003 None
21 Apr 2003 None
21 Apr 2003 None 19 Apr 2003
21 Apr 2003
21 Apr 2003
Country Cumulative number of case(s) Number of new cases since last WHO update
Number of deaths
Number recovered
2 Australia 3 0 0
3 Brazil 2 0 0
0 Canada 132
0 12
54 China 1959
447
86 1187
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region4 1402
44
94 436
China, Taiwan 29 0 0
17 France 5 0 0
1 Germany 6 0 0
4 India 1 0 0
1
Indonesia 1 0 0
0
Italy 3 0 0
2 None Japan
5 1 0
0 None Kuwait 1 0 0
1 None 20 Apr 2003 Malaysia
6 1 1
0 None
21 Apr 2003 Mongolia 3 0 0
3 None 17 Apr 2003 Philippines
2 1
1 1
None 21 Apr 2003 Republic of Ireland 1 0 0
1 None
21 Apr 2003 Romania 1 0 0
1
None 21 Apr 2003 Singapore
178 1 16
104
Yes 20 Apr 2003 South Africa 1 0 0
0 None 9 Apr 2003 Spain 1 0 0
0 None
21 Apr 2003 Sweden 3
0 0
0
None 21 Apr 2003 Switzerland 1 0 0
1 None
21 Apr 2003 Thailand 7 0 2
5 None
21 Apr 2003 United Kingdom 6 0 0
5 Yes
21 Apr 2003 United States5
39 not applicable 0
not available
Yes 21 Apr 2003 Viet Nam 63 0 5
46 Yes 17 Apr 2003 Total
3861
495
217 1873
Notes
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. Includes cases who are "discharged" or "recovered" as reported by the national public health authorities.
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 (See Affected Areas ).
4. One death attributed to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China occurred in a case medically transferred from Viet Nam.
5. Since 20 April 2003 the United States of America are reporting to WHO probable cases of SARS, therefore the number of new cases since last WHO update is not applicable.