The daily update on the dengue page of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health (dengue.health.gov.lk), with data up to midnight on 5 October 2026: the country has recorded 101,556 dengue cases and 78 deaths, a case fatality rate of 0.077%. Western Province has 53,180 cases, or 52.37%.
Main points
- By month: January 7,866 cases, February 5,721, March 6,013, April 5,651, May 8,590, June 21,533, July 29,964 (the highest), August 10,155, September 5,230; the first five days of October 836.
- By province: Western 53,180 (52.37%), Southern 14,544 (14.32%), Central 9,756 (9.61%), Sabaragamuwa 8,385 (8.26%), North Western 5,058 (4.98%), Eastern 4,355, Uva 2,877, North Central 1,874, Northern 1,527.
- By district: Gampaha 21,484 (21.15%), Colombo 19,844 (19.54%), Kandy 7,800, Kalutara 6,427, Matara 6,328, Galle 5,540, Ratnapura 5,287; Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) alone 4,087.
- In week 39 of 2026, 33 Medical Officer of Health (MOH) areas were classed as high risk. The data source given in the table is the NaDSys surveillance system.
VPMA’s note
Official surveillance data from Sri Lanka. Cases rose sharply in June–July and then declined. Members can use it to follow the regional situation; it does not describe the situation in Vietnam.
- Source
- Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka – Current Status of Dengue in Sri Lanka (05.10.2026)
- Published
- 5 October 2026
- Section
- International news
- Data up to
- midnight, 5 October 2026
- Data source
- NaDSys surveillance
Editorial note: This is a short summary and comment by VPMA, not a full copy. The original text and copyright belong to the source cited. Picture: first page of the daily update (PDF) from Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health, not a field photograph.
Source: Bộ Y tế Sri Lanka – Current Status of Dengue in Sri Lanka (05.10.2026) (summarised in English by VPMA). Read the Vietnamese page.