Cumulative Number of Reported Probable Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
From: 1 Nov 20021 To: 23 Apr 2003, 16:00 GMT+2
(Revised on 25 April 2003)
See Affected Areas, 23 April 2003
Final Status Local chain(s) of transmission3 Date of last report None 23 Apr 2003 None 16 Apr 2003 Yes 23 Apr 2003 Yes 23 Apr 2003 Yes 23 Apr 2003 Yes 23 Apr 2003 None 21 Apr 2003 None 23 Apr 2003 None 21 Apr 2003 None 19 Apr 2003 23 Apr 2003 23 Apr 2003
Notes Country Cumulative number of case(s) Number of new cases since last WHO update Number of deaths Number recovered 2 Australia 4 1 0 3 Brazil 2 0 0 0 Canada 140 1 13 65 China 2305
304 106 1231 China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region4 1458 24 105 522 China, Taiwan 37 8 0 21 France 5 0 0 1 Germany 7 0 0 6 India 1 0 0 1 Indonesia 1 0 0 0 Italy 3 0 0 2 None Japan 2 0 0 0 None Kuwait 1 0 0 1 None 20 Apr 2003 Malaysia 5 -1 2 2 None 23 Apr 2003 Mongolia 3 0 0 3 None 17 Apr 2003 Philippines 2 0 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 189 3 17 114 Yes 23 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 22 Apr 2003 United Kingdom 6 0 0 5 Yes 22 Apr 2003 United States 39 1 0 not available Yes 22 Apr 2003 Viet Nam 63 0 5 46 Yes 17 Apr 2003 Total 4288
341 251 2032
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.