PUTRAJAYA: A 24-year-old woman is the latest victim of the Influenza A (H1N1), bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 71, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican.
Dr Ismail said the woman’s death was confirmed by the mortality review committee Wednesday even though the patient had died on Aug 19.
As of Wednesday morning, 324 new patients were warded in hospitals for influenza-like illness (ILI).
The victim, he said, was an obese woman who had suffered from fever, cough and headache on Aug 8 and was warded in a private hospital in Kuantan on Aug 10.
“She was given viral pneumonitis treatment and was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit two days later when her condition worsened. The patient was given anti-viral treatment on the same day (Aug 12),” he said Wednesday.
Dr Ismail said on Aug 17, laboratory test came back positive for A (H1N1) but the patient, whose condition became worse died on Aug 19 and the cause of death was due to H1N1 with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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