History
| Probable cases of SARS by country, 1 November 2002 – 31 July 2003. | ||||
| Country or Region | Cases | Deaths | SARS cases dead due to other causes | Fatality (%) |
| China * | 5328 | 349 | 19 | 6.6 |
| Hong Kong * | 1755 | 299 | 5 | 17 |
| Canada | 251 | 44 | 0 | 18 |
| Taiwan ** | 346 | 37 | 36 | 11 |
| Singapore | 238 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| Vietnam | 63 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| United States | 71 | 4 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Philippines | 14 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Mongolia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macau * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8273 | 775 | 60 | 9.6 |
| (*) Figures for the People's Republic of China exclude the Special Administrative Regions (Macau SAR, Hong Kong SAR) which are reported separately by the WHO. | ||||
| (**) Since 11 July 2003, 325 Taiwanese cases have been 'discarded'. Laboratory information was insufficient or incomplete for 135 discarded cases; 101 of these patients died. | ||||
| Source:WHO. | ||||
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