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UP: Encephalitis toll 403

Source: PTI
September 03, 2005 00:42 IST
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Twenty-nine more children succumbed to Japanese encephalitis in eastern Uttar Pradesh since Thursday, taking the death toll to 403, a senior official said in Gorakhpur on Saturday.

Ninety-six fresh cases of the killer brain fever were reported in Gorakhpur and Basti divisions on Saturday, Additional Director (Health) D P Mishra said.

Altogether 1579 patients, mostly children, were undergoing treatment in different hospitals since the outbreak of the disease, he said.

Maharajganj district remained worst-affected with 97 deaths, followed by Gorakhpur (85) and Kushinagar (70), Mishra added.

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