Dengue Cases In Malaysia

George town the number of dengue cases is rising in malaysia and selangor remains at the top of the list of states with the most infections officially recorded.

Dengue cases in malaysia. Tuesday 02 jun 2020 kuala lumpur. The clusters are categorised according to their current status. In the philippines a total of 77 040 suspected cases of dengue including 328 deaths were reported in the first 20 weeks of 2019. A total of 46 713 dengue cases were reported from dec 29 last year to may 30 this year a drop of 11 8 from the 52 941 cases in the previous corresponding period.

Johor health and environment committee chairman r. The number of cases is around twice that of the same period in 2018. Johor baru june 14 eighteen deaths from 4 371 dengue cases were recorded throughout johor from january to june 6. Operationally a dengue cluster indicates a locality with active transmission where intervention is targeted.

It is a decrease compared to 106 660 cases for the same period last year. Saturday 10 aug 2019 kuala lumpur. It is formed when two or more cases have onset within 14 days and are located within 150m of each other based on residential and workplace addresses. In malaysia a total of 52 941 cases including 81 deaths were reported during the first 22 weeks of 2019.

Dengue fever cases in malaysia reached an all time high hitting nearly 80 000 cases and 113 deaths reported from january until aug 3. Vidyananthan said statistics from the state health department showed a slight decline in the total number of dengue cases this year at 5 107 compared to 5 142 dengue fever cases for the same period last year. Deputy health minister lee boon chye expects the number to hit 150 000 cases by year end if all out efforts are not taken to keep it under control. There are 3 alert.

State health and environment committee chairman r vidyananthan said of the total number of fatalities recorded 12 of them were in the productive age group namely 20 to 59 years. The cumulative number of dengue cases for this year as of 30 november 2020 stands at more than 34 200 the weekly number of dengue cases remains high at about double the number of cases seen in the corresponding period averaged over the last three years.