Eluru outbreak

Eluru outbreak
Eluru outbreak
	Location of West Godavari District, where Eluru and surrounding areas are located, in Andhra Pradesh
Disease	Acute neurological disease
Source	Triazofos (Organophosphate) pesticide contamination in the water supply
First outbreak	Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
First reported	5 December 2020
Date	5–12 December 2020
Confirmed cases	614
Recovered	613
Deaths	1
Territories	Eluru, Denduluru & Kovvali

Mystery disease cases in Eluru ()
Deaths Recoveries Active cases
Date	# of cases	# of deaths
2020-12-05	55(n.a.)	0(n.a.)
2020-12-06	315(+473%)	1(n.a.)
2020-12-07	455(+44%)	1(=)
2020-12-08	561(+23%)	1(=)
2020-12-09	589(+5%)	1(=)
2020-12-10	609(+3.4%)	1(=)
2020-12-11	612(+0.49%)	1(=)
2020-12-12	612(=)	1(=)
Sources:

In early December 2020, an acute neurological disease broke out in Eluru, a city located in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The first case was reported on 5 December, with hundreds more falling ill and one person dying over the next week. The cause was initially unknown, but on 20 December, AIIMS and NEERI Research Institute came to a conclusion that pesticides leaching into the water supply is the most likely reason.