H1N1: NO DEATH FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- No death from Influenza A (H1N1) was
reported in the country for three consecutive days, with the death toll due to
the virus still at 68 people until Sunday, 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 per cent) were confirmed positive with
H1N1, he added.

He said 39 of them, who included 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