Dengue Death Toll Rises To 83

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 (Bernama) -- Two more deaths last week took the dengue death toll to 83 this year.
A statement by the Health Ministry's Disease Control Division for the period of Oct 23-29 said an 18-year-old girl died in Segamat, Johor.
It said the girl was admitted to Segamat Hospital on Oct 19 but died on Oct 23 of dengue fever.
The second death was that of a four-year-old girl from Jempol, Negeri Sembilan on Oct 29 due to dengue haemorrhagic fever. She was admitted to Seremban Hospital on Oct 27.
The statement said 75 deaths from dengue fever were reported at the same time last year.
Overall, a total of 824 dengue fever cases were reported last week, a drop of 240 cases or 22.6 per cent compared to 1,064 cases in the previous week.
Up to last Saturday, the accumulated dengue fever cases this year stood at 32,950 cases, including 1,635 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever, an increase of 33.4 per cent compared to 24,699 cases during the same period last year.
Up to Oct 22, a total of 9,381 cases were confirmed positive -- 8,897 dengue fever and 484 dengue haemorrhagic fever cases.
Three states recorded an increase of cases last week -- Pahang at 43 cases compared to 39 the previous week, Sarawak at 35 cases from 25 and Perlis at 13 cases from nine.
Selangor recorded the highest total accumulated cases with 11,049 cases and 24 deaths; Kuala Lumpur, 4,875 cases and 14 deaths; Penang, 2,976 cases and six deaths, and Perak, 2,559 cases and six deaths.