Increase in Dengue Deaths

Below about the incresing death of dengue mostly in Colombo.

Statistically, had caused 24 deaths from dengue fever have been recorded in the last two months of this year. Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health said the number of deaths were from the district of Colombo.

They said there were 767 confirmed cases of dengue fever and 10 deaths. Four deaths were reported from the district of Puttalam and Ratnapura districts and two deaths from Jaffna. One death was reported by each Gampaha, Kandy, Matara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Anuradhapura districts.

In January this year 905 cases of dengue were reported islandwide and in February 1031cases. The number of dengue patients reported from February 25 to March 4 was 223 and the number of people killed five.

However, said a senior official of the unit of epidemiology, was confident that the number of patients would fall in coming months.

Meanwhile, in 1220 the positive cases of leptospirosis (rat fever), for the last 70 days a year and eleven of them died. Most of the deaths was reported from the district of Matara. Three of the 32 patients died in Matara. The number of confirmed cases of fever reported from Polonnaruwa District Council has 27 and the number of people killed two. One death was reported by each Gampaha, Kandy, Matale, Hambantota, Batticaloa and Kegalle districts. The number of patients was reported by 562 of Kurunegala district, but no deaths were reported by the district.