KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 39 cases of heat-related illness were recorded since mid-April, health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said today.
She said 23 cases were of heat exhaustion, 11 of heat cramps and five of heatstrokes.
“Kelantan had 10 cases, Sabah (nine), Sarawak (eight), Melaka (four), Terengganu (three), Kedah (two) while Pahang, Kuala Lumpur and Perak reported one case each,” she said in a statement today.
Twenty-five cases involved adults, teenagers (nine), children (three) and senior citizens (two).
One person died on April 25, but all other patients who sought treatment had been discharged.