Influenza A(H1N1) -- Current Situation in Malaysia

Last Updated: 13-Aug-2010 14:31 MYT

H1N1 has invaded Malaysia, and the threat is not over yet. So in addition of keeping track of the current global situation, I have also created this post to illustrate the current situation in Malaysia.

** The number of death cases

** The number of confirmed cases (Obsolete! I have stopped updating this as it seems that the updated figures are not updated regularly after 12-Aug-2009)

Important updates:

• 15-May-2009: First confirmed case
• 18-Jun-2009: First locally transmitted case
• 13-Jul-2009: First time that a daily H1N1 count shows more locally transmitted cases
• 17-Jul-2009: WHO said that the pandemic has been spreading at an unprecedented speed. Ministry of Health will focus on cases that require treatments in hospitals and clusters of ILI (Influenza-Like Illness). Statistics since 18-Jul-2009 reflect only these two situations.
• 23-Jul-2009: First A(H1N1)-related death case [thestar.com.my] occurred on 21-Jul-2009. A(H1N1) was not the direct cause as he died from cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.
• 27-Jul-2009: Second A(H1N1)-related death case [thestar.com.my] occurred on 26-Jul-2009.
• 28-Jul-2009: Third death case [thestar.com.my].
• 28-Feb-2010: A new death case is found to be related to A(H1N1) [h1n1.moh.gov.my]. It's diagnosed as "Septicemic Shock with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to H1N1 Infection". If I interpreted the document correctly, it was not counted a death case caused directly by A(H1N1) and was thus not included into the statistics in the official update by MOH.
• 13-Apr-2010: The 78th victim [thestar.com.my] is reported on the news. I have failed to find the related report from the official site. (I have probably missed it.)

Source: H1N1 Situation [h1n1.moh.gov.my] (Ministry of Health Malaysia)

I use Gnuplot [gnuplot.info] to generate the charts with the help of a script and a data file (in which I updated it manually). I have also written a python script to automate the update process: Generates, previews, and uploads the chart to the website.