Two more children succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri district while undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) on Monday.
With this, the toll due to the vector-borne disease in the district has gone up to 80 in 52 days.
The day's deceased girl and boy were identified as lata Bhandari (2) of Kalimela and Kuna Madkami of Pushpagua village.
Though the Health Department and the district administration have been taking various preventive steps, the death toll due to the disease is rising by the day.
On Sunday, two children had died of the killer disease. They were two-year-old girl Sushila Padiami of Daniguda village under Malkangiri block and four-year-old laxma Madkami of Gamphakonda village under Kalimela block.
A kid of Ampara in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh also died due to the disease on Sundaynight.