Three hundred and one dengue deaths have been reported from 103,114 cases recorded islandwide as at July 23. The death rate is 0.3 percent, Health Ministry sources said.
Meanwhile, Epidemiology Unit sources said that the highest number of dengue patients, (45,030) is reported from the Western Province. The highest number of dengue patients, district wise, ( 22,186) have been reported from the Colombo district.
The Colombo Municipal Council area recorded 3,688 dengue patients while other parts of the district recorded 18,498 dengue patients.
The second highest number of dengue patients, (17,228) had been reported from the Gampaha District while 6,081 cases have been reported 00from the Ratnapura district,6,017 from the Kandy district and 6,014 dengue patients from the Kurunegala district.
“The most vulnerable sectors of society are the elderly, very young children, pregnant women, kidney transplant patients, persons with suppressed immunity and those with chronic diabetes, obstructive airways disease, heart, liver and metabolic diseases etc.
These patients are advised to seek medical treatment during first 24 hours from the onset of any type of fever,” sources added.