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. 2019 Jul-Sep;44(3):188–192. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_110_19

Table 1.

Notable public health emergencies in India resulting from disease outbreaks

Name and description of the outbreak Year of occurrence Number of deaths
H1N1 seasonal influenza outbreaks[6] 2009 981
2010 1763
Most of India affected. 2011 75
Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan being affected the worst. Only Sikkim and Lakshadweep spared 2012 405
2013 699
2014 218
2015 2990
2016 265
2017 2270
2018 1103
2019 (as on March 10, 2019) 605
Nipah virus disease outbreak Latest in Kerala[7] 2018 (as on July 17, 2018) 17

Sources: Sources cited with respective disease outbreaks quoted