Dengue fever cases continue rise in Sri Lanka, death toll now 40

Sri Lanka health officials have seen the total dengue fever case tally rise by 1845 since our last report, bringing the total to 22,799 through July 8. The capital region of Colombo has recorded 7369 cases to date alone. Local media reports that the death toll due to dengue is 40 in Sri Lanka to date. The World ["]