PUTRAJAYA, July 21 — The number of dengue cases dropped to 2,373 in the 28th Epidemiological Week (ME28) from July 7 to 13, compared with 2,805 cases in ME27, with no fatalities.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said the cumulative number of dengue cases reported up to ME28 was 80,441, from 63,966 cases in the same period last year.
“There were a cumulative 65 deaths due to dengue complications, compared with 45 fatalities in the same period last year,” he said in a statement today.
He also said the number of hotspots in ME28 increased to 100 from 86 the previous week.
Seventy-four are in Selangor, six each in Negeri Sembilan, Perak, and Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, four in Kedah, two in Penang, and one each in Sarawak and Sabah.
Dr Radzi said seven chikungunya cases were also recorded in ME28, bringing the cumulative total to 54.
As for Zika, he said 1,437 blood samples, eight urine samples and three cerebrospinal fluid samples were screened, all of which tested negative.
— Bernama
