KUALA TERENGGANU: An eight-year-old girl became Terengganu's seventh dengue victim when she died while receiving treatment at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ).
State Health director Dr Muhammad Omar said the girl was a pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Budiman.
She had lived in the same residential area as a 21-year-old girl who also died of dengue last week.
Muhammad said the girl was admitted to the hospital three days ago after she vomited, suffered diarrhoea and eventually collapsed at home.
"She was weak when her parents sent her to the hospital. She died at 3.30pm yesterday," he said.
Dr Muhammad said although the number of dengue patients in Kuala Terengganu had dropped from more than 200 patients to 102 patients, the department is still on the hunt for Aedes breeding areas which may have been overlooked during fogging exercises.
"We still have 776 cases recorded throughout the state. We view each case seriously and want to identify if there are any new dengue strains.
"We have to immediately check for vector-borne diseases as soon as it is reported," he said.
He said three hotspots have been identified in Kuala Terengganu namely Jalan Panji Alam, Chendering Pantai and Losong Haji Mat Shafie.