NEW DELHI , India ( CNN ) -- Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores in India 's western Gujarat state for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after a hepatitis B outbreak left 32 people dead , officials said Saturday . Hepatitis-B patient Mahir Husain , center , is comforted at The Civil Hospital , Ahmedabad , Wednesday . Five medical practitioners were also arrested for violations , said Malayappan Thennarasan , the top administrator of the state 's Sabarkantha district . One of those arrested is being held for allegedly reusing injection syringes , Thennarasan said . Health authorities have recorded 111 cases of hepatitis B infection in the district over the past two weeks , he added . `` Of them , 32 have died , '' he said . Health officials have launched an awareness campaign in the district , Thennarasan said this week . Hepatitis B is a contagious liver disease resulting from infection with the hepatitis B virus , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . It usually spreads through blood , semen , or other bodily fluids , often through sexual contact or sharing needles or syringes with an infected person , the CDC says . The disease can range from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious , chronic illness resulting in long-term health problems or death , according to the CDC .
An outbreak of contagious liver disease hepatitis B kills 111 people in Gujarat . The victims died in the state of India in western India in this week . Officials record 32 cases of the disease in the Sabarkantha district .