Bangkok, Aug 5, 2020, SPA -- Singapore has confirmed 22,403 cases of dengue this year, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA), breaking the 2013 record of 22,170 cases, according to dpa. In a Wednesday statement, the NEA warned of worse to come as the city-state remains "in the midst of the traditional dengue season," which runs until October. Nicknamed the "bone-breaker" due to the aches it induces, dengue fever is caused by a mosquito-borne virus and occasionally proves fatal, particularly in its relatively rare hemorrhagic form. There have been 20 dengue-related deaths in Singapore in 2020, according to the Ministry of Health - seven fewer than the number dead after being infected with the novel coronavirus. --SPA 20:17 LOCAL TIME 17:17 GMT 0015 www.spa.gov.sa/w1385726