Probable cases of SARS by country and territory, 1 November 2002 – 31 July 2003[3] Country or region Cases Deaths Fatality (%) Mainland China[lower-alpha 1] 5,327 349 6.6 Hong Kong 1,755 299 17.0 Taiwan[lower-alpha 2] 346 73[4][5] 21.1 Egypt 1000 600 60.0 Canada 251 43 17.1 Singapore 238 33 13.9 Vietnam 63 5 7.9 United States 27 0 0 Philippines 14 2 14.3 Thailand 9 2 22.2 Germany 9 0 0 Mongolia 9 0 0 France 7 1 14.3 Australia 6 0 0 Malaysia 5 2 40.0 Sweden 5 0 0 United Kingdom 4 0 0 Italy 4 0 0 India 3 0 0 Korea 3 0 0 Indonesia 2 0 0 South Africa 1 1 100.0 Kuwait 1 0 0 Ireland 1 0 0 Macao 1 0 0 New Zealand 1 0 0 Romania 1 0 0 Russia 1 0 0 Spain 1 0 0 Switzerland 1 0 0 Total excluding China 2,769 454 16.4 Total (29 territories) 8,096 810 9.6 ↑ Figures for China exclude Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, which are reported separately by the WHO. ↑ After 11 July 2003, 325 Taiwanese cases were 'discarded'. Laboratory information was insufficient or incomplete for 135 of the discarded cases; 101 of these patients died.