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Encephalitis: Death toll rises to 21 in Bihar

With two more child deaths,the toll due to Japanese encephalitis has risen to 21.

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With two more child deaths,the toll due to Japanese encephalitis has risen to 21,officials said on Tuesday.

Two more children have died yesterday,Superintendent of A N Sinha Medical College Hospital Sitaram Prasad said,adding that 45 others were still being treated at the hospital.

The samples of other children have been sent for examination,he said.

The deaths have been reported in a three-week period,they said.

In June,around 60 children had died of a mystery disease in Muzaffarpur.

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