Alarm raised as more than 87,000 dengue cases reported in 2023
December 30, 2023 01:34 am
Over 10,000 cases of dengue infections have been recorded in the month of December alone, bringing the total number of infections reported in 2023 to 87,078.
Accordingly, 10,600 novel dengue cases were witnessed within this month alone, with the highest number of infections being recorded from the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts, as per health officials.
From the 87,078 dengue cases, 39,543 cases were registered in the Western Province.
Accordingly, Gampaha District saw 18,401 dengue cases, while Colombo District was not too far behind, with a total of 16,020 cases. The Kalutara District followed with 5,122 cases in total. Meanwhile, several cases were also observed from the Puttalam and Kandy districts.
It was also reported that three persons, including a university student and a 11-month-old infant died of dengue fever over the past few days.
Meanwhile, a total of 62 MOH areas have been categorized as ‘high-risk’ zones.
