SARS Death Toll Escalating

World | May 1, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

The death rate from SARS is increasing, according to a senior WHO official, with mainland China accounting for more cases than the rest of the world. There are now more than 5,600 cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome worldwide, with 3,647 of those in China. As workers neared completion near Beijing of a new 1,000-bed SARS facility, mainland China counted 187 new SARS cases and 11 more deaths on Thursday, the country's ministry of health said. China has now reported 170 deaths.

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