Shimla, Aug. 3 -- Two fresh cases of scrub typhus have been confirmed at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) in Himachal Pradesh capital city, Shimla, taking the total number of positive cases detected this season to three, hospital authorities said on Monday.

According to Dr Rahul Rao, Medical Superintendent at IGMC, nine blood samples were tested on Monday, of which two were found positive for scrub typhus while the remaining seven tested negative.

The two patients who tested positive have been identified as Dhananjay (24), a resident of Shakra village in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district, and Kundan Lal (54), a resident of Durgapur in Shimla district.

Dr Rao said that, so far, 38 samples have been tested at IGMC, wit...