A total of 813 dengue fever cases, with one death, were reported in the week from Dec 13 to 19, a drop of 12 percent or 106 cases compared with the previous week.

Director-General of Health Dr Mohd Ismail Merican however said that three states showed a spike in the number of cases - Pahang (100 percent), Terengganu (18 percent) and Negri Sembilan (three percent).

He said the number of cases this year as at Dec 19 was 39,794, with 84 deaths, a 12 percent drop from 45,649, with 100 deaths, for the corresponding period last year.

The fatal case last week was that of a 26-year-old housewife from Taman Selasih, Gombak, who died a day after giving birth to her first child. The locality had experienced seven dengue outbreaks this year, he said in a statement today.

Nine localities were out of the hot spot list last week but nine new ones were identified this week, maintaining the total this week at 19.

On Chikungunya, Ismail said the number of case also registered a drop to 107 last week, from 189 the previous week.

Sarawak had the highest number, accounting for 97 percent of the total cases nationwide.

The total for the year up to Dec 19 was 5,340 cases from 22 localities, all in Sarawak.

- Bernama