New Delhi, March 05: Sixteen cases of polio have been reported in the country this year so far with Uttar Pradesh topping the list, government said today. Out of the 16 cases reported this year till February 26, eight are from Uttar Pradesh, followed by Bihar (5) and one each from Haryana, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
This was stated by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Lok Sabha. Last year, there were a total of 741 cases out of which a whopping 602 cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh.
Bihar came second in the list with 117.
—-PTI