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Detailed explanation-1: -Over the past 2 decades, the WHO South-East Asia Region displayed a reducing trend in both the malaria cases and associated deaths-cases reduced by 76 per cent, from 22.8 million in 2000 to about 5.4 million in 2021.
Detailed explanation-2: -An estimated 247 million cases and 619, 000 deaths in the 2022 report was an important reality check – we have a long way to go to meet the 2030 malaria goals, as well as a sigh of relief – the increase in the loss of lives to malaria, which resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, had not progressed.
Detailed explanation-3: -World Health Organization estimates that India has 15 million cases of malaria with 19, 500–20, 000 deaths annually vs. ∼2 million cases and 1, 000 deaths reported (WHO SEARO website).
Detailed explanation-4: -In 2021, 65 people died due to malaria across India. Although this was a drastic decrease compared to 2014 when malaria led to 562 deaths in the country, it is still a disease with vast implications on life in the south Asian country.