The Ministry of Health reports that 3637 dengue cases have been reported so far this month and that there is a dengue high risk situation in 12 districts of the country. Gampaha, Colombo, Kandy, Matara, Kalutara and Jaffna districts are among them.
Also, the latest report issued by the National Dengue Control Unit states that the districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Kegalle, Ratnapura, Ampara and Puttalam are dengue high risk areas.