No H1N1 death for three consecutive days
Published: Aug 23, 2009 5:01 PM | Updated: Aug 23, 2009 5:52 PM
No death from Influenza A(H1N1) was reported in the country for three consecutive days, with the death toll due to the virus remaining at 68, Health director-general Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said.
No death from H1N1 was reported in the country today, with the death toll due to the virus remaining at 68.
No death from Influenza A(H1N1) was reported in the country for three consecutive days, with the death toll due to the virus remaining at 68, Health director-general Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said.
He said a total of 1,476 patients with influenza-like-illness (ILI) were still being treated at 102 hospitals, including two private hospitals, nationwide.
Of the total, only 272 people (18 percent) were confirmed positive with H1N1, he added.
According to Mohd Ismail, 39 of them, including two new cases, were in the Intensive Care
Unit.
At the global level, a report by the World Health Organisation showed that there were a total of 235,897 H1N1 cases, with 2,543 deaths, in 182 countries.
However, the report also stated that the figures did not reflect the actual situation as WHO no longer made it compulsory for the affected countries to report H1N1 cases.
- Bernama
He said a total of 1,476 patients with influenza-like-illness (ILI) were still being treated at 102 hospitals, including two private hospitals, nationwide.Of the total, only 272 people (18 percent) were confirmed positive with H1N1, he added.
According to Mohd Ismail, 39 of them, including two new cases, were in the Intensive Care
Unit.
At the global level, a report by the World Health Organisation showed that there were a total of 235,897 H1N1 cases, with 2,543 deaths, in 182 countries.
However, the report also stated that the figures did not reflect the actual situation as WHO no longer made it compulsory for the affected countries to report H1N1 cases.
- Bernama
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