Table A.2.

Worldwide epidemiological situation of SARS, 2002–2003^a

Country	Cumulative number of cases	Number of deaths	Date onset
			First probable case	Last probable case
China	5327	349	16 November 2002	3 June 2003
Hong Kong	1755	299	15 February 2003	31 May 2003
Taiwan	346	37	25 February 2003	15 June 2003
Canadab	251	43	23 February 2003	12 June 2003
Singapore	238	33	25 February 2003	5 May 2003
Vietnam	63	5	23 February 2003	14 April 2003
United Statesc	27	0	24 February 2003	13 July 2003
Philippinesd	14	2	25 February 2003	5 May 2003
Other countriese	75	6	26 February 2003	1 April 2003
Total	8096	774

^aSource: World Health Organization [45].

^bOnly two locations in Canada had local-transmission cases: the Greater Toronto Area and New Westminster in the Greater Vancouver Area (WHO [46]).

^cAll the 27 cases reported in the United States were imported cases.

^dIn the Philippines, all reported local-transmission cases were from Manila (WHO [46]).

^eTwenty-one other countries had from 1 to 9 SARS cases: Australia, Macao, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Korea, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and United Kingdom.