Over 20,000 Dengue patients this year
The Ministry of Health says that twenty eight thousand eighty-three persons have contracted Dengue so far this year.
The Epidemiology Unit said 3,487 were reported in August.
The highest number of Dengue patients are reported from the Colombo district.
The number stands at 6,683 (six thousand six hundred and eighty three.)
The Ministry of Health points out that 5,263 (five thousand two hundred and sixty three) patients were reported from the Gampaha District while1,803 (one thousand eight hundred and three) patients were reported from the Kalutara District.
The Ministry added that Kandy, Hambantota, Kurunegala, Rathnapura and Kegalle districts have been identified as areas mostly affected.
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