The toll due to different types of encephalitis has mounted to 560 this year in eastern Uttar Pradesh as one more child succumbed to the brain fever here, an official said today.
Five new patients with symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis have been admitted to BRD Medical College Hospital and government hospitals of the adjoining districts, additional director (Health) LP Rawat said.
"Five deaths have occurred during past one week," he said adding, a child patient hailing from Bihar died last night.
Sixty-three patients are undergoing treatment at BRD Medical College while five are being treated at other government hospitals of the region, he said.
