Encephalitis claims 10 more lives; toll climbs to 319

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Gorakhpur (UP): Ten more children have succumbed to encephalitis at BRD Medical College here in last 24 hours, taking the the death toll due to the disease to 319 in eastern district of Uttar Pradesh this year.

The deceased include three children from Gorakhpur, two from Maharajganj and one child each from Deoria, Kushinagar, Sant Kabirnagar and Siddharthanagar districts of eastern UP, while one child from adjoining Bihar also succumbed to the disease, health officials said.

Thirty three more encephalitis patients have been admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours, they added.

This year as many as 1560 encephalitis patients, mostly children, were admitted to BRD Medical College Hospital, of which 319 died, they said. (PTI)

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