Press release from Malaysia's Ministry of Health on the dengue and chikungunya situation (you can download the PDF to view the report and appendix), excerpt :
" Week 15/2011 (10 - 16 April 2011)
During week 15 of 2011 for a period of 10 to 16 April, a total of 398 cases of dengue fever have been reported nationwide, an increase of 42 cases or 12% compared to 356 cases in the previous week.
There are eight states that showed an increase from last week's case, namely Penang, which rose by 20 cases (87%), Selangor 16 cases (10%), Kuala Lumpur / Putrajaya 11 cases (31%), Kedah 4 cases (133 %), Terengganu 2 cases (33%), Sabah 2 cases (33%), Johor 2 cases (7%) and Sarawak, an increase of 1 case (9%) (Appendix A).
Starting from January to 16 April 2011 a total of 6,250 cases were reported, a decrease of 58% or 8,530 cases comparing to 14,780 cases reported for the same period in 2010. Dengue deaths also decreased by 83% or 43 deaths, of which there were 9 deaths in 2011 compared to 52 in the same period in 2010.
For Chikungunya, no cases have been reported for the period of 10 to 16 April 2011. Cumulative number of cases was 14 cases of chikungunya, a decrease of 97% compared with 533 cases reported for the same period in 2010 (Appendix B)."
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