Over 10.3 lakh tuberculosis cases, 44,800 deaths between January-May 2023, says MoS for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar

01:40:00 PM, Wednesday 2nd of August 2023 | in miscellaneous

Over 10.3 lakh tuberculosis cases and 44,800 deaths due to the disease were reported between January and May this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Of the total 44,800 deaths logged in Ni-kshay portal, 3,323 (7.4 per cent) fatalities were reported among drug-resistant TB patients till May 2023, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply to a question.