India Sees 19 Per Cent Rise In Tuberculosis Cases In 2021
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The total number of new and relapsed tuberculosis patients notified in India during 2021 were 19,33,381 as against 16,28,161 in 2020, the report showed.
The number of tuberculosis cases in India has seen a 19 per cent rise in 2021 over the previous year, according to the annual TB report released by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday.
The total number of new and relapsed TB patients notified in India during 2021 were 19,33,381 as against 16,28,161 in 2020, the report showed.
Despite the brief decline in TB notifications observed around the months corresponding to India's two major COVID-19 waves, the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) reclaimed these numbers, the report stated.
"There has been a slight increase in the mortality rate due to all forms of TB between 2019 and 2020 by 11 per cent in the country," the report said.
