The number of reported dengue cases in Malaysia has risen to endemic levels, said the Health Ministry, with the majority of the nation’s Aedes mosquito breeding hotspots located in Selangor.
As of last Saturday, the ministry revealed that 87 people have died from dengue fever, five more than their last tally published July 1. This is also a 222% increase in deaths from dengue from the same period last year.
“There remains many breeding grounds (for Aedes mosquitoes) especially in hotspot localities. Some 90% of the 93 hotspots nationwide are found in Selangor, with the Petaling district reporting a higher number of incidents,” Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam said, as reported by The Star Online.
Selangor alone has accounted for more than half of all dengue cases reported this year so far, registering 36 deaths from 26,441 cases reported.
Apart from Selangor, other states listed as top contributors of Malaysia’s dengue cases include Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (4,007 cases and seven deaths), Perak (2,956 cases, seven deaths), Kelantan (2,898 cases, four deaths), Johor (2,632 cases, 14 deaths), and Negeri Sembilan (2,360 cases, three deaths).
Kedah and Malacca both reported four deaths each, there were three deaths in Penang, two each in Sabah and Sawarak, and one in Terengganu.
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