World TB Day is observed on March 24

24 March 2022, Thursday

In 2021, 912 tuberculosis patients have been identified for the first time in the Republic of Tatarstan. Territorial incidence of tuberculosis in 2021 remained at the level of 2020 and amounted to 23.4 per 100,000 population (2020 – 23.4; 2019 – 28.8 per 100,000 population). The incidence of tuberculosis in the republic is 27.8% lower than in the Russian Federation (32.4) and 26.9% lower than in the Volga Federal District (32.0).