Eleven-Year-old Boy From Pahang Latest Victim Of Dengue

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 15 (Bernama) -- An 11-year-old boy from Kuala Medang in Kuala Lipis, Pahang died of dengue on Saturday. His was the only death caused by the deadly disease last week.
Health Ministry's Director of Disease Control, Dr Ramlee Rahmat said suspected dengue cases also recorded an increase last week from 542 cases the week before to 751 cases, a rise of 208 cases.
Of the total, 712 were normal dengue cases while 39 were of the hemorrhagic type which can lead to death, he told a press conference held weekly to update on the dengue outbreak at the ministry here Tuesday.
Dr Ramlee said the increase was expected as many cases were not reported during the festive holiday break as many people had been on leave.
Until Saturday, cumulative dengue cases for the year was 34,485 and which resulted in 86 deaths. For the same period last year it totalled 26,870 cases with 84 fatalities.
Dr Ramlee said Selangor recorded the most cases (11,367 and 24 deaths) followed by the Federal Territory (5,027 cases, 14 fatal) and Penang (3,129 with seven people succumbing to the disease).
Meanwhile, he said two factories in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan had been charged in court for failing to pay compound fines after their premises had been found to be breeding grounds of the Aedes mosquito, the vector of the disease.