All the five deaths took place at BRD Medical College Hospital here.
Diwakar Prasad, Additional Director, Health, Gorakhpur Division said with this, the total encephalitis admissions rose to 2,935 since January this year out of which 445 succumbed to the deadly disease.
"There are 34 new admissions in the past 24 hours at BRD-MCH. As many as 219 encephalitis patients are being treated at BRD-MCH and the adjoining district hospitals," Prasad said.
