For more than 1 year until July 2003 , there were 8098 cases of SARS in China .
Between November 2001 and July 2003 , an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases , resulting in 774 deaths reported in 17 countries , with the majority of cases in China mainland and Hong Kong ( 9.6 % fatality rate ) according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) .
Severe acute respiratory syndrome