Gorakhpur, August 31: With five more children succumbing to encephalitis, the total toll in the division due to the disease has mounted to 210, officials sources said.
Five more children have died due to encephalitis at BRD Medical College here, while 145 patients are being treated during the last 24 hours, Additional Director Health L P Rawat said, adding 22 fresh cases were admitted in different hospitals.
He said a total of 960 patients suffering from Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) were admitted this year to the medical college and other hospitals of the region, out of which 210 died.
—Agencies