Key Takeaways
- Sri Lanka has recorded over 58,000 dengue cases this year.
- The western province accounts for nearly half of all cases.
- The health ministry’s national dengue control unit identified 47 high‑risk areas.
- A total of 38 deaths have been linked to dengue so far.
Colombo: More than 58,000 dengue cases have been reported in Sri Lanka this year.
According to the health ministry’s national dengue control unit, there have been 38 deaths.
The unit said on Tuesday that nearly 50 percent of cases had been reported from the country’s western province. The unit has identified 47 high risk areas in the country.
Sri Lanka registered over 76,000 dengue cases last year, according to official data.
