Lucknow: At least 10 more children have died of encephalitis in the past 24 hours in UP’s Gorakhpur division, raising the toll in the state this season to 361. According to health department sources, 39 children in extremely critical condition are battling for life in government hospitals and Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur. Additional health director Diwakar Prasad said on Wednesday that the victims hailed from Gorakhpur, Deoria and Kushinagar districts. “Since January, 2,341 children have fallen prey to encephalitis in our division. The number includes some from the Bihar border and Nepal,” Prasad said. TNN