Is leptospirosis worse than usual in Kegalle?

No. Leptospirosis in Kegalle is at its usual level for these weeks.

11 cases a week, against a usual 13.

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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 Kegalle alone. What "usual" means.

When does leptospirosis usually peak in Kegalle?

Usually around September and November: it peaked then in 12 of the last 19 years.

2007: peaked in week 452008: peaked in week 392009: peaked in week 382010: peaked in week 392011: peaked in week 112012: peaked in week 482013: peaked in week 472014: peaked in week 442015: peaked in week 202016: peaked in week 12017: peaked in week 462018: peaked in week 462019: peaked in week 462020: peaked in week 212021: peaked in week 482022: peaked in week 452023: peaked in week 502024: peaked in week 462025: peaked in week 51JFMAMJJASOND

One year's peak2025Now and the next ten weeks

From 19 years of weekly reports, 2007 to 2025: each dot is the month that year's leptospirosis peaked in Kegalle.

How does Kegalle compare with the rest of Sri Lanka?

Kegalle is 5th of the 12 districts with enough cases to compare, each against its own usual.

usual⅛×8×32×country 0.6×Badulla: 1.0×Colombo: 0.7×Galle: 0.6×Gampaha: 0.5×Hambantota: 1.0×Kalutara: 0.5×Kegalle: 0.8×Kurunegala: 0.6×Matara: 1.0×Monaragala: 0.9×Nuwara Eliya: 0.4×Ratnapura: 0.4×Kegalle

Across Sri Lanka as a whole, leptospirosis is at 0.6× its usual; in Kegalle it is 0.8×.

What is leptospirosis?

Leptospirosis is an infection caused by a germ (bacterium) that lives in animals such as rats, dogs, pigs and cattle, and passes to people.

Signs
Sudden fever, headache, muscle pain (especially in the calves), red eyes and yellow skin. Severe cases can harm the kidneys, heart and lungs.
How it spreads
When water, mud or soil holding infected animals' urine touches cuts or the eyes, nose or mouth. Floods raise the risk. It rarely passes between people.
How to protect yourself
Avoid wading or swimming in flood water or dirty water. Wear boots and gloves, cover cuts with waterproof plasters, and wash after contact with mud or water.
Get medical help
See a doctor quickly for fever after contact with flood water or mud. Antibiotics treat it, so early care matters.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: WHO Disease Outbreak News: Leptospirosis – the United Republic of Tanzania (2022), 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.