148 died from malaria, dengue, encephalitis this year
As many as 148 people have lost their lives to Malaria, Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis this year, Union Health Minister JP Nadda informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. While 21 fatalities were recorded on account of Dengue, 70 people died from Japanese Encephalitis, and 57 from Malaria, as per provisional figures. In 2015, the three diseases had claimed 798 lives.