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- In 2021, tuberculosis cases in India increased by 19 percent compared to the previous year.
- This information was revealed in the India TB Report 2022.
- By 2021, the total number of TB patients was 19, 33,381.
- In 2020 it was 16, 28,161.
- In India, the mortality rate due to all kinds of tuberculosis increased by 11% between 2019 and 2020.
- About 61 percent of patients suffering from TB were male and the females constituted 39 percent who were put on treatment.
- 6 percent of the notified patients were in the pediatric category.
- The highest prevalence was in Delhi.
- The lowest was in Gujarat.
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