Posted by ONLANKA Information Desk on July 21, 2026 – 10:52 am
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Sri Lanka recorded 77,028 dengue instances and 56 deaths in 2026 by midnight on July 20, 2026 with the Western Province accounting for greater than half of all reported instances.
Statistics launched by the Nationwide Dengue Management Unit present that the case fatality fee for the 12 months stands at 0.07%.
A complete of 21,650 instances had been reported in the course of the first 20 days of July, barely larger than the 21,537 instances recorded all through June. The nation recorded 8,590 instances in Might, 5,651 in April, 6,013 in March, 5,721 in February and seven,866 in January.
Gampaha recorded the very best variety of instances among the many listed districts and items, with 16,164 instances, representing 20.98% of the nationwide whole. Colombo adopted with 15,314 instances, or 19.88%.
Matara recorded 5,411 instances, Kandy 5,168, Kalutara 5,063, Ratnapura 4,339 and Galle 4,315. The Colombo Municipal Council space recorded 3,106 instances.
Hambantota reported 2,141 instances, Kurunegala 2,111, Kegalle 2,098, Puttalam 1,597, Batticaloa 1,329 and Badulla 1,082.
The remaining figures had been Monaragala with 974 instances, NIHS with 926, Kalmunai with 887, Jaffna with 813, Matale with 802, Anuradhapura with 740, Polonnaruwa with 623, Trincomalee with 615, Ampara with 549 and Nuwara Eliya with 522.
Decrease numbers had been reported from Vavuniya with 131 instances, Mannar with 85, Kilinochchi with 75 and Mullaitivu with 48.
At provincial stage, the Western Province recorded 40,573 instances, accounting for 52.67% of the full. The Southern Province reported 11,867 instances, or 15.41%, adopted by the Central Province with 6,492 instances and Sabaragamuwa Province with 6,437.
The North Western Province recorded 3,708 instances, the Jap Province 3,380, Uva Province 2,056, the North Central Province 1,363 and the Northern Province 1,152.
The report additionally recognized 162 high-risk Medical Officer of Well being areas throughout Week 28 of 2026. It listed a median midnight whole of two,652 for a similar week.
