GORAKHPUR: Eight more children succumbed to encephalitis in the district, taking the death toll due to the disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 466 this year, health officials said on October 29.
The eight died at Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital (BRD-MCH) on October 29. They hailed from Kushinagar, Siddharthanagar and Basti region.
A total of 2,302 encephalitis patients have been admitted to hospitals this year, the officials said.
As many as 201 patients are being treated at BRD MCH at present, they said.
Japanese Encephalitis, for which 156 patients had tested positive, spreads through mosquito bite. The rest of the patients tested positive with Acute Encephalitis syndrome, they added.
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