New Delhi: A 42-year-old man in Kolkata on April 27 tested positive for the dreaded SARS, taking the number of infected people in the country to seven even as pathological results of 13 more suspected cases in six states were awaited.

The man, who was under treatment at AMRI Apollo Hospital in Kolkata, developed fever and symptoms of pneumonia after coming from China on April 24, Health Ministry officials said. His condition was stable.

Reports of another 25-year-old male from Kolkata, who was being treated at ID Hospital were awaited, they said.

Four confirmed SARS cases were reported from Pune, while Goa, Kolkata and Mumbai reported one case each infected from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), it said.

The patient from Mumbai, who was shifted to IDH in Delhi on April 26, does not have fever, though the results of his samples tested indicate that he is infected with SARS virus, the release said.

As of now there are 20 suspected cases under treatment at various hospitals in the country with seven confirmed of having SARS virus. Reports in 13 such cases were awaited, the release added.

PTI