SARS Pneumonia Cases Are Increasing and Singapore Orders Quarantines

March 24, 2003  Atlanta, Georgia - Today the World Health Organization reports that 13 countries have now reported 456 cases of SARS and 17 deaths (the numbers go higher if 305 cases in Guandong Province, China from February 2003 are included). The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States is now reporting 39 suspected cases in 18 states. Today, fourteen new cases of SARS were reported in Singapore, bringing the new total to 65. Twelve patients are in serious condition in intensive care.