China has reported five new SARS deaths and 55 new cases.
It takes the nationwide death toll to 267 and the cumulative number of cases to 5,124.
All the latest fatalities were in Beijing. Of the new cases, 39 were in the Chinese capital.
Beijing now has 139 dead and 2,370 confirmed cases.
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Health officials in Hong Kongsaid this morning another two men have died after contracting SARS, while nine new cases of the disease havebeen recorded.