Chitwan, July 17

Among the patients who came to various hospitals in the district in the last fiscal year, 893 were found to be infected with scrub typhus. Out of the 11,419 patients who visited the district’s hospitals in the fiscal year 2082/83, 893 were found to be infected with scrub typhus during testing.

According to Ram KC, the vector control officer at the Chitwan Public Health Office, 621 of the infected people are from Chitwan. Among the infected found in the district, 246 are from Ratnanagar Municipality, 117 from Khairahani Municipality, and 90 from Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Likewise, KC said that 82 of the infected are from Rapti Municipality, 69 from Kalika Municipality, seven from Madi Municipality, and 10 from Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality. In the fiscal year 2081/82, out of 7,095 people tested, 1,055 were found to be infected with this disease. In the current fiscal year, one person has died from this disease.