KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — The number of dengue cases in the 34th epidemiological week (EW) from August 18 to 24 dropped to 1,980 cases with one death due to complications, compared with 2,294 in EW33.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said the cumulative cases of dengue reported until EW34 is 94,807, compared with 78,277 cases in the same period last year.
“There are 84 deaths due to dengue complications (this year) compared with 55 deaths in the same period for 2023,” he said in a statement today, adding that the number of hotspots reported in EW34 was 85, down from 91 in EW33.
From the total, 68 hotspots were in Selangor, four each in Negeri Sembilan and Kelantan, three each in the Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya) and Perak, two in Sabah, and one in Kedah.
For chikungunya surveillance, he said there were two cases reported in EW34, bringing the cumulative cases to 68. There were no chikungunya outbreaks that week.
“For zika surveillance, 1,781 blood, eight urine and three cerebrospinal fluid samples were taken for screening, and all were negative,” he added.
— Bernama
