PUTRAJAYA: Dengue cases have reduced from February until the end of March this year, similar to last year's trend within the same period.
In a statement today, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a total of 2,130 cases were reported throughout the country from March 27 to April 2.
"There are five less cases compared to the week before which had 2,135 cases," he said.
He, however, noted that seven states showed an increase in dengue cases in the past week.
"The states are Selangor with 35 cases (2.9 per cent increase), Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (15 cases or 10.4 per cent), Sarawak (12 cases or 24 per cent), Sabah (eight or 28.6 per cent), Negri Sembilan (two cases or 3.3 per cent), Perlis (one case or 50 per cent) and Pahang (one or two per cent)," he said.
From Jan 2 to April 2, Dr Noor said, total cumulative cases for dengue cases showed an increase of 8.9 per cent or 3,046 cases, leaving the total case as of last week at 37,190 cases compared to the same period last year with 34,144 cases.
Dr Noor said the number of fatalities also reduced to 87 deaths in the 13th week of year compared the 108 deaths in 2015.
He said that in efforts to reduce the number of cases, the ministry has also conducted checks on construction sites.
"A total of 2,334 construction sites were inspected in which 743 sites have found to be Aedes mosquito breeding grounds," he said.
Meanwhile, he said no Zika cases have been reported so far.
"Zika and dengue cases can be avoided if people practice a clean lifestyle.
"People must work together to clean and destroy Aedes breeding sites in their surroundings," he added.