KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,474 dengue fever cases were reported in the 40th Epidemiological Week (EW 40) between Oct 2 and 8 compared to 1,460 cases in EW 39.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the increase made the cumulative number of dengue cases reported to date at 45,018 cases compared to 20,376 cases for the same period last year, which was an increase of 24,642 cases (120.9%).
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