Within the course of the past week, the number of Dengue cases have spiked by another 9,635 cases.According to the Epidemiology Unit at the Ministry of Health, the total number of cases now stands at an alarming 111,333.

The highest number of cases have been reported from the Colombo District, with 23,574 patients. Three hundred and ten patients have died from the Dengue epidemic so far this year.

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