UP records highest death in 2016 due to respiratory ailments

With a total of 822 deaths, Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest death toll in India due to Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) in 2016, government data has revealed. With 635 deaths, West Bengal recorded the second highest death toll during the same period. Total ARI cases shot up from 32.7 million in 2013 to 40.3 million in 2016, it added.