10,607 dengue cases were reported across the country from last month. The Ministry's Epidemiology Unit reported a 90 percent increase from last year of the same period. According to Ministry's Epidemiology Unit Colombo reported highest number of dengue cases of about Colombo at 1,693, followed by Trincomalee (1,278), Jaffna (1,061), Batticaloa (1,044), Kandy (662) and Gampaha (74) reports Xinhua news agency.
Monaragala, in the Uva Province of the country, was the only district that did not report any dengue cases, while all other districts in the country recorded over 15 patients in January. Health officials called on the public to be vigilant on mosquito breeding sites and take steps to clean those sites and keep the environment clean on a regular basis.
In 2019, 90 people died and over 99,000 others were affected by the mosquito-borne virus in Sri Lanka, with the National Dengue Control Unit launching several programmes to eradicate mosquito's breeding grounds.
