Mpox Outbreak 2024 India. India’s health ministry says it has recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus. India reported its first case of mpox (earlier known as monkeypox) with the test reports of previously suspected case returning positive for the viral disease, the union ministry of health.
According to data collected from national authorities, 99,176 cases of mpox were confirmed between january 1, 2022 and june 30, 2024, and 208 people died. India has confirmed its first case of a deadlier mpox strain, the clade ib variant, in kerala.