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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- The number of confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) patients for the week between Aug 8 and 14 increased by 25 per cent to 64 cases, from 51 cases in the previous week.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said with the new cases, the accumulated number of H1N1 positive cases was now 15,584 with the number of fatalities still at 92 people.
He said seven new influenza-like illness (ILI) cluster cases were also reported during the week in five states, from 13 cluster cases the previous week.
Apart from that, the number of new patients with ILI who were admitted to hospitals for treatment during the period dropped by 8.9 per cent to 513 people from 563 patients the previous week, he said in a statement here Thursday.
Dr Mohd Ismail said 360 people with ILI were still being treated 60 hospitals, including nine private hospitals, nationwide.
"Of the total, only 34 patients or 9.4 per cent are H1n1 cases confirmed through laboratory tests. Three of cases are in the Intensive Care Unit and all of them have risk factor, " he added.
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Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said with the new cases, the accumulated number of H1N1 positive cases was now 15,584 with the number of fatalities still at 92 people.
He said seven new influenza-like illness (ILI) cluster cases were also reported during the week in five states, from 13 cluster cases the previous week.
Apart from that, the number of new patients with ILI who were admitted to hospitals for treatment during the period dropped by 8.9 per cent to 513 people from 563 patients the previous week, he said in a statement here Thursday.
Dr Mohd Ismail said 360 people with ILI were still being treated 60 hospitals, including nine private hospitals, nationwide.
"Of the total, only 34 patients or 9.4 per cent are H1n1 cases confirmed through laboratory tests. Three of cases are in the Intensive Care Unit and all of them have risk factor, " he added.
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=522336