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The increase in the number of cases is a sign that more TB patients are coming to fore and the cases are not going underreported. Meerut: As the nation observed World Tuberculosis Day on Sunday, data collated by the district tuberculosis department, which was made public on Monday, showed that the number of TB cases increased by 3,457 cases in Meerut from 2017 to 2018. We hope that more such cases come to notice so that the disease can be eradicated,” said Dr Raj Kumar, Meerut chief medical officer. The multi-drug resistant TB cases have risen from 139 in 2017 to 268 in 2018 and extensive drug resistant TB cases have risen from nine in 2017 to 19 in 2018.“The more TB patients come to fore the better it is, as this means that we are not missing out on any new patient. Meanwhile, an increase of 2,386 cases was also reported in the patient notifications received from private health establishments..