Is tuberculosis worse than usual in Kandy?

No. Tuberculosis in Kandy is well below its usual for these weeks.

7.5 cases a week, against a usual 18.

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Read from these four weekly reports by Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka:

  • 20–26 Jul 2026 (Vol 53 No 31)
  • 26 Jul–2 Aug 2026 (Vol 53 No 32)
  • 3–9 Aug 2026 (Vol 53 No 33)
  • 10–16 Aug 2026 (Vol 53 No 34)
The 8 reports behind "usual"
  • 20–26 Jul 2024 (Vol 51 No 31)
  • 27 Jul–2 Aug 2024 (Vol 51 No 32)
  • 3–9 Aug 2024 (Vol 51 No 33)
  • 10–16 Aug 2024 (Vol 51 No 34)
  • 19–25 Jul 2025 (Vol 52 No 31)
  • 26 Jul–1 Aug 2025 (Vol 52 No 32)
  • 2–8 Aug 2025 (Vol 52 No 33)
  • 9–15 Aug 2025 (Vol 52 No 34)

The publisher's own list of its weekly reports

How this is worked out. The last four weeks against the same four weeks of the two years before, for Kandy alone. What "usual" means.

When does tuberculosis usually peak in Kandy?

It has no fixed season here: it peaked in August 2024 and January 2025.

2024 peak2025 peakNext ten weeks

How does Kandy compare with the rest of Sri Lanka?

Kandy is 11th of the 11 districts with enough cases to compare, each against its own usual.

usual⅛×8×32×country 0.8×Anuradhapura: 0.9×Badulla: 0.5×Colombo: 0.9×Galle: 0.9×Gampaha: 0.8×Kalutara: 0.4×Kandy: 0.4×Kegalle: 0.5×Kurunegala: 0.6×Nuwara Eliya: 1.1×Ratnapura: 1.1×Kandy

Across Sri Lanka as a whole, tuberculosis is at 0.8× its usual; in Kandy it is 0.4×.

What is tuberculosis?

An infection caused by bacteria that most often harms the lungs. It can be prevented and cured.

Signs
A long-lasting cough, sometimes with blood, plus fever, night sweats, weight loss, chest pain and tiredness. Signs can stay mild for months.
How it spreads
Through the air when a person with TB in the lungs coughs, sneezes or spits.
How to protect yourself
Babies in many countries get the BCG vaccine, which guards against severe TB. Finding and treating people early stops it spreading.
Get medical help
See a health worker for a cough that will not go away, coughing blood, night sweats or weight loss. Daily medicine for 4 to 6 months cures it.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: Tuberculosis (WHO fact sheet), read 8 October 2026. General information, not medical advice.

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A reported case means someone reached a clinic and a form was filed, so these count reports, not everyone who was ill.

Sources. Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, weekly report. District maps: Survey Department of Sri Lanka, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.