Chikungunya - Prevalence & Deaths in India

Chikungunya is a debilitating non-fatal viral illness caused by Chikungunya virus. The disease re-emerged in India after a gap of three decades (30 years).

In India a major epidemic of Chikungunya fever was reported during 60s & 70s; 1963 (Kolkata), 1965 (Puducherry and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Rajahmundry, Vishakapatnam and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh; Sagar in Madhya Pradesh and Nagpur in Maharashtra) and 1973 (Barsi in Maharashtra).

Chikungunya: Epidemiological Situation 2012 to 2015
Year	Number of Cases
2012	15,977
2013	18,840
2014	16,049
2015	27,225

In India, the virus was first isolated in 1963 in Kolkata followed by epidemics in Chennai, Pondicherry and Vellore in 1964; in Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh in 1965 and in Nagpur, also in 1965. The last officially recorded outbreak in India was reported in Barsi in Maharashtra in 1973.

The disease re-emerged in India in October 2005 after remaining silent for nearly 32 years. Andhra Pradesh was the first state to report this disease on December 2005. Kerala was the worst affected state in 2007 with approximately 3.6 million fever cases.

Chikungunya : State-wise Number of Cases in India, 2015
Sl. No.	Affected States/UTs	Number of Cases
1	Andhra Pradesh	814
2	Arunachal Pradesh	35
3	Assam	-
4	Bihar	3
5	Chhattisgarh	-
6	Goa	561
7	Gujarat	336
8	Haryana	1
9	Himachal Pradesh	-
10	J & K	-
11	Jharkhand	21
12	Karnataka	20,763
13	Kerala	194
14	Madhya Pradesh	67
15	Meghalaya	78
16	Maharashtra	297
17	Manipur	-
18	Mizoram	-
19	Nagaland	-
20	Orissa	81
21	Punjab	-
22	Rajasthan	7
23	Sikkim	-
24	Tamil Nadu	326
25	Tripura	180
26	Telangana	2,067
27	Uttar Pradesh	-
28	Uttrakhand	-
29	West Bengal	1013
30	A& N Island	68
31	Chandigarh	1
32	Delhi	64
33	D&N Haveli	-
34	Daman & Diu	-
35	Puduchery	234
	Total	27,225

References:

1. Annual Report 2015 - 2016, Disease Control Programmes, National Health Mission.
2. National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.

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