A woman has died of scrub typhus in Chitwan. The 36-year-old woman succumbed to scrub typhus in the course of treatment in the Bharatpur Hospital.     

A resident of Bardghat municipality-13, she was hospitalised on August 20, said Hospital Spokesperson Dr Ram Prasad Sapkota. She was also a patient of epilepsy.     

Meanwhile, Public Health Office Chief, Dinesh Rupakheti, said lately 73 patients have been diagnosed with scrub typhus at various hospitals in the district and of them, 58 are from Chitwan alone.     

Out of 1530 tests, 73 tested positive for scrub typhus. (RSS)