Hyderabad, March 7 -- The death toll in the suspected milk adulteration case in Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district went up to nine, district officials said on Friday.

"While five persons died while undergoing treatment in various hospitals till February 24, four others died in the last four days, the last death being that of 69-year-old woman G Venkatalakshmi in the wee hours of Friday," an official statement from the district authorities said.

Another 11 people are still undergoing treatment at four private hospitals in Rajamahendravaram, of whom eight were still on ventilators and their condition continued to be critical. The remaining three patients are undergoing dialysis treatment and they are stable, the ...