Three more succumb to encephalitis, toll reaches 481
With three more children hailing from Kushinagar succumbing to encephalitis here today, the toll due to the deadly brain fever has reached 481 since January this year in eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The nationwide swine flu toll climbed to 88 with a teenaged girl and two women dying due to the virus in Karnataka and Maharashtra while 177 fresh cases of infection were reported from various states.