A senior Beijing official cited Saturday a group of figures to
justify the marked improvements in the situation of sever acute
respiratory syndrome in Beijing.
A
comparison of figures collected in the first week of May and those
in the latest week excluding Saturday showed the significant
progress made, Cai Fuchao, the city's publicity head, said at a
press conference on the SARS situation in Beijing.
The total number of new probable SARS cases in the first week was
666, compared with 65 in the latest week, down more than 90
percent, Cai said.
The total number of people who had recovered and been discharged
from hospitals was 81 in the first week, compared with 547 in the
latest week, up 500 percent.
And in recent weeks all SARS patients had been hospitalized, Cai
added.
(Xinhua News Agency May 31, 2003)