Total Number Of Dengue Patients Reported This Year Has Exceeded Last Year's Figure

The total number of Dengue Patients reported throughout the island this year up to now has exceeded the total number of Dengue Patients  reported during the last year(2013) according to the Sri Lanka Epidemiology Unit.Around 43,059 Dengue Patients have been reported during January-December this year while 32,063 Dengue Patients have been reported during last year.

There's an increase of 10,996 patients this year when comparing to the total number of dengue patients that have been reported during  last year the epidemiology unit has said.

During first eighteen days of this month 1104 dengue patients have been reported throughout the island it has been revealed.The majority of these patients have been reported from the Western Province