The suspected cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) in Maharashtra have risen to 130 in Pune and a few other districts of the state; death toll stands at two.

One person is believed to have died in India's Maharashtra state in an outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - a neurological disease that causes numbness, weakness and pain - and the number of cases is rising,

A 40-year-old man in Maharashtra's Solapur died due to the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), state health minister Prakash Abitkar told ANI on Monday. It is the first death in the state due to the immunological nerve disorder.

A 56-year-old woman from Kirkatwadi, Sinhagad Road in Pune, has become the second suspected fatality in Maharashtra’s Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) outbreak, taking the total number of cases to 127. The woman, who was also battling oral cancer, died at Sassoon General Hospital on January 28 after suffering respiratory failure with sepsis.

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is rare, but most cases follow an infection with a virus or bacteria. GBS affects the nerves that control muscle movement and impacts immune system.