Four persons have died in suspected case of dengue in two villages of Balipur area in Sultanpur even as five new cases have been reported in Gorakhpur.
Four persons, including a child, have died due to fever in Cehti Dubey and Ramnagar villages in the past five days and their family members claimed that these deaths were due to dengue.
Chief Medical Officer K B Singh said that a team of doctors has been sent to two villages to probe into the deaths due to fever.
He said that though possibility of dengue could not be ruled out, but it could only be confirmed after medical investigation.
Meanwhile, five cases of dengue have been reported from Gorakhpur, which is already battling with encephalitis.
Dengue has been confirmed during blood test of five patients, Chief Medical Superintendent of district hospital R S Yadav said.
