India, Oct. 18 -- Country also has most number of drug-resistant TBs

India continued at the top of the list of patients with tuberculosis, according to a report released by the World Health Organisation on October 17, 2019. It also had the most number of drug-resistant TB cases.

The report estimated that 10 million people had TB in 2018. India accounted for 27 per cent of the world total. China was a distant second with 9 per cent, Indonesia (8 per cent), the Philippines (6 per cent), Pakistan (6 per cent), Nigeria (4 per cent), Bangladesh (4 per cent) and South Africa (3 per cent).

These countries also had most of the global TB burden a year ago.

India also had 27 per cent of a total 130,000 drug-resistant TB cases while China had 14...