Cumulative number of reported cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to March 29 2003
| Country | Cumulative case(s) n | Deaths n | Local chain(s) of transmission# |
| Canada | 37 | 3 | Yes |
| China¶ | 806 | 34 | Yes |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 470 | 10§ | Yes |
| China, Taiwan | 10 | 0 | Yes |
| France | 1 | 0 | None |
| Germany | 4 | 0 | None |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | None |
| Republic of Ireland | 2 | 0 | None |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | None |
| Singapore | 89 | 2 | Yes |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | None |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | None |
| UK | 3 | 0 | None |
| USA | 59+ | 0 | To be determined |
| Vietnam | 58 | 4 | Yes |
| Total | 1550 | 54 |
#: national public health authorities report to the World Health Organization on the areas in which local chain/chains of transmission is/are occurring, provided on the list of affected areas 1
¶: the reporting period from the Guangdong Province is from November 16 2002 to February 28 2003
+: due to differences in the case definitions being used at a national level, probable cases are reported by all countries except the USA, which is reporting suspect cases under investigation
§: one death attributed to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China occurred in a case medically transferred from Vietnam. Reproduced with permission from WHO from 1