Posted on 04/06/2003 7:48:10 PM PDT by blam
New reports of SARS plague Hong Kong
April 06 2003 at 12:51PM
Hong Kong - The Hong Kong government said on Sunday that a deadly respiratory virus had infected 42 more people in the territory, bringing the total number of cases to 842.
Two more patients had died, taking the local death toll from the disease to 22, a government statement said.
The pneumonia-like disease, which may have originated in southern China, hit the city in March and has been spread around the world by air travellers.
Including the latest figures, the virus has killed more than 90 people worldwide and infected almost 2 600 others globally.
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