PATNA: People generally believed that kala azar (black fever) had been tamed, but the recent cases sounded an alarm bell as it claimed at least 28 lives, including 20 in Bihar, 5 in neighbouring Jharkhand, two in West Bengal and one in Uttar Pradesh in 2021, as per the data shared by the National Centre for Vector-borne Diseases Control. There have been four deaths in Bihar this year till March.
The data revealed that 1267 cases of kala azar were reported from across the country last year, including 70% of them (891) in Bihar.
