Kelantan has recorded a 553 percent increase in the number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases, or 1,548 cases between January and early this month, as compared to only 237 cases in the same period last year.

Kelantan Health Department director Dr Zaini Hussin said of the total, the majority of cases involved children aged between one and four or 75.8 percent.