Sundargarh: As many as 27 persons tested positive for scrub typhus in Sundargarh district on Thursday.
One elderly person is reported to have died in the district due to scrub typhus infection. With the 27 new cases detected on Thursday, the total number of scrub typhus positives in the district has gone up to 162. All the 162 cases detected in the district are undergoing treatment.
Further, one death due to scrub typhus infection has been reported from the district.
Sharing information on scrub typhus infection in the district, Chief District Medical & Public Health Officer (CDM&PHO) Dr Kanhu Charan Nayak on Thursday said that the elderly man who was suffering from other diseases and also had scrub typhus infection had died 10 days back.
Dr Nayak said that out of the 162 persons who have tested positive for scrub typhus infection 20 cases are from Rourkela Urban, while 14 cases are from Sundargarh Urban.
He informed several positive cases have been reported from Majhapada in Sundargarh district.
There is ample stock of medicine to treat the infection and diagnostic centre has been kept in readiness, he added.
The CDM&PHO appealed to the people to directly visit government hospitals on having fever instead of visiting quacks.
