1,877 dengue cases recorded in 16th epidemiology week: KKM

116 hotspot localities were reported with 62 being in Selangor, Penang (32), Sabah (eight), Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (seven), Perak (three), Kedah (two) and one each in Sarawak and Labuan. theSun theSundaily healthcare dengue Malaysia

: A total of 1,877 cases of dengue fever was reported for the Epidemiological Week 16 which was from April 16 to 22, a drop of 522 cases or 21.8 per cent compared with 2,399 cases in the previous week.

“The 22 deaths due to dengue fever complications reported was also high compared to six deaths for the same period last year,“ he said in a statement today. This saw the cumulative number of chikungunya cases rise to 120 cases thus far and for Zika surveillance, a total of 888 blood samples and 33 urine samples were screened and the results were all negative.

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