Wednesday, August 24 2005 09:56 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Gorakhpur (UP): Nineteen more people died of suspected Japanese encephalities in two districts of Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll to 150, Health Department sources said here yesterday (August 23, 2005).

Fresh deaths occurred in Gorakhpur and Basti divisions, the sources said.

A total 595 people have been suffering from suspected brain fever and 230 of them were undergoing treatment at the local BRD medical college.

Seventy new patients have been admitted in the medical college in critical condition since Monday (August 22, 2005) while several others were admitted to nursing homes.