Leading states with acute respiratory infection cases India 2020
In 2020, the Indian state of Rajasthan had the highest number of people affected with acute respiratory infections at over 3.6 million cases. The states of West Bengal and Kerala occupied the second and third place respectively. India's growing air pollution has increased the risk of such diseases. Acute respiratory diseases can be highly contagious and lethal like tuberculosis, or they can be non-communicable like asthma.