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On influenza A(H1N1), he said the cases rose to 48 to 15,469 cases between July 25 and 31 compared to 41 the previous week.

Dr Mohd Ismail said the death figure remained at 92.

He said five influenza-like illness (ILI) clusters were reported in Kubang Pasu Integrated Boarding School in Bukit Kayu Hitam, Sultan Abdul Halim Polytechnic (Jitra), Section 17 Special Vocational School (Shah Alam), Sekolah Kebangsaan Pos Legap (Kuala Kangsar), and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Iskandar Shah's girls hostel (Parit, Perak).

The number of new ILI patients admitted to hospitals decreased by 15.4 per cent to 454 cases from the previous week, he said, adding that 283 patients were still treated in 60 hospitals, including nine private hospitals.

He said of them, only 28 patients or 9.9 per cent were confirmed H1N1 cases.

Seven H1N1 patients are warded in the Intensive Care Unit, of which five with risk factors, he added.

The latest H1N1 update from Malaysia's MOH. To note the increase ILI cluster cases and confirmed H1N1 cases. The update with my translation :

" For the week 31/2010 (1 to 7 August 2010), 13 new ILI cluster cases was reported from six (6) states as shown in Appendix 1 - an increase from the previous week, a total of five (5) ILI clusters.
In the same week, a total of 563 new patients with symptoms of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) have been admitted to hospitals for treatment as compared to 454 patients in the previous week, an increase. The remaining cases that are still being treated across the country on the last day of week 31/2010 (August 7, 2010) are 331 cases in 56 hospitals including 9 private hospitals.

Of these, only 25 patients or 7.6% were cases of Influenza A (H1N1) which was confirmed by laboratory tests. For the record, there are 5 cases of H1N1 being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and three (3) of them are individuals who have risk factors.

The numbers of confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) in the same week are 51 cases compared to a total of 48 cases in the previous week, an increase, bringing the cumulative number of positive cases of influenza A (H1N1) to 15,520 to date.

No fatalities were reported. Total fatalities from H1N1 remaining at 92."

Positive H1N1 Cases Increase From August 1 To 7

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- The number of patients certified positive for Influenza A(H1N1) have increased to 51 cases for the period between Aug 1 and 7, compared to 48 cases in the previous week.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican, in a statement Wednesday, said this brings the total of positive H1N1 cases to 15,520, while fatalities remain at 92.

During the same period, he said 13 new Influenza-like Illness (ILI) cases were reported from six states, compared to five cases the week before.

An increase was also seen in patients warded for ILI symptoms, with 563 patients that week compared to 454 in the previous week.

A total of 331 ILI cases were still being treated on the last day of the week in 56 hospitals, including nine private hospitals, the statement said.

"Of that total, 25 patients, or 7.6 per cent, were Influenza (A) H1N1 cases confirmed through lab tests, as well as five treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and three involving high risk individuals," he said.

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.

GEORGE TOWN: A patient hospitalised in the Penang Hospital here with suspected influenza A (H1N1) virus infection, died from pneumonia yesterday.
The victim, B. Nadarajah, 45, showed H1N1 symptoms with constant high fever and coughing prior to his death.

Nadarajah was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after falling off from his motorcycle he was riding and fainted.

His tongue turned yellow shortly after admission.

He was pronounced dead at the intensive care unit at 6am.

A hospital spokeman said the cause of Nadarajah's death was severe pneumonia with sepsis.

Sepsis is defined as a serious infection usually caused when bacteria makes toxins that cause the immune system to attack the body's own organs and tissues.

It was a melancholic atmosphere outside the mortuary as Nadarajah's family members arrived to claim his body for burial.

State Health and Welfare, Caring Society committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said the victim's blood samples were sent to the Health Department laboratory for further tests.

"Preliminary diagnosis showed that Nadarajah was a suspected H1N1 carrier, but we are also looking at dengue as an alternative cause of death.

"The victim also had breathing difficulties besides the fever and cough," Phee told the New Straits Times yesterday.

The Health Department would trace the places Nadarajah visited as it awaited the blood test results due tomorrow.