Overview
- State data released Thursday cites 774 positives from 4,724 samples and four related fatalities reported in Palnadu, Bapatla and Nellore districts.
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu ordered a statewide awareness drive and directed immediate care for suspected cases following recent deaths.
- Palnadu officials formed Rapid Response Teams to review two November deaths that tested positive, with causes and comorbidities under examination.
- Kurnool district confirmed 45 cases and launched door-to-door fever surveys, sanitation campaigns, vegetation clearing and expanded treatment readiness.
- Health authorities stress that scrub typhus is not spread person to person and is typically curable with early antibiotics, though limited rapid test access hinders timely diagnosis in frontline facilities.