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April 14, 2024 Malaria cases in Jodha, Orissa, India.

Increase in cases reported malaria in Keonjhar district, Joda, Orissa, India in a few years without notice.

Last month, the district recorded nine positive cases and this month, six people were suspected to have been infected in Joda district in three days.

Malaria has started spreading again in the Joda region since the start of the monsoon season this year.

Malaria India

2023. Odisha was the state that reported the highest number of cases (41,971 and 4 deaths). It is followed by Chhattisgarh (31,713), Jharkhand (31,140), West Bengal (26,493), Tripura (22,412), Maharashtra (16,164) and Uttar Pradesh (13,585). The annual parasite index (API), which fell to 0.52 in 2022, increased to 0.93.
2022. Estimated number of cases: 3,389,400; Estimated number of deaths: 5511 (Source WHO).
2018: There have been 844,558 cases and 194 deaths.
2017: 1,090,724 cases of malaria and 331 deaths reported. 12% of the population lived in areas with high transmission rates.
year 2014: The districts with the highest number of malaria cases in the country from January to June 2014 were: Odisha, Chhattisgarh 13% of the total malaria cases in the country (38781 cases); Jharkhand (26,588 cases), Madhya Pradesh (18,793 cases) and Tripura (13,375 cases). An increase in the number of cases was reported in Mangalore (a low-risk city): 5,000 cases till July 2014.
2013: The distribution of the number of malaria cases in the country in the early months of 2013 was as follows: 89,466 cases in Orissa; Chhattisgarh – 31,940 cases; Jharkhand 26,489 cases; Maharashtra – 17,060 cases; lower numbers were in Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

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