Nagpur: After registering only six new positive cases on Wednesday, Vidarbha once again registered a double digit increase on Thursday. Total 20 new cases were reported in a day, with highest 12 from Amravati. With Akola (4), Nagpur (2), and Yavatmal (2) also registering new cases, Vidarbha’s tally reached 320 on Thursday.
Amravati now has 40 cases, the third highest in Vidarbha after Nagpur (138) and Yavatmal (88). In Akola, a woman patient who died on April 28 tested positive on Thursday, making it second Covid-19 related death in Akola. One Covid-19 positive patient had committed suicide. Now, the Covid-19 death toll in Vidarbha has reached 12.
In a matter of concern for Bhandara, two women patients died in the district hospital on Thursday. Doctors said they were serious TB patients and their swab samples have been sent to Nagpur for testing. One woman TB patient from the district has already tested positive. She is admitted to isolation ward and undergoing treatment.
On Thursday, one patient recovered from Nagpur GMCH, taking the total number of recovered patients to 83. However, on the patient’s request, the discharge was postponed to Friday morning.
In Nagpur, two new — a 23-year-old man and another 55-year-old man — positive patients were found from Satranjipura. By late Thursday evening, the youth was shifted to GMCH isolation ward.
In Yavatmal, two more suspects admitted to GMC tested positive on Thursday, taking total number of cases in the city to 88. Ten patients have already recovered and discharged, and currently 78 are admitted in the GMC.
District collector MD Singh has urged residents of containment areas to stay in their home and those residing in other areas to strictly adhere to lockdown norms. Essential commodities were distributed without any rush during 8am to 12 noon while banks functioned during the scheduled timing from 8am to 12 noon.
Singh told TOI that the administration is confident of controlling the coronavirus spread in a fortnight and appealed for people’s cooperation.
In a sigh of relief for Washim, three suspects who had got themselves admitted a day before tested negative. Civil Surgeon of Washim informed that their samples were collected on April 29 and report came on April 30.
Chandrapur, Wardha and Gadchiroli have remained Covid-19 free so far while Gondia has not reported new case from the last 25 days.
Amravati now has 40 cases, the third highest in Vidarbha after Nagpur (138) and Yavatmal (88). In Akola, a woman patient who died on April 28 tested positive on Thursday, making it second Covid-19 related death in Akola. One Covid-19 positive patient had committed suicide. Now, the Covid-19 death toll in Vidarbha has reached 12.
In a matter of concern for Bhandara, two women patients died in the district hospital on Thursday. Doctors said they were serious TB patients and their swab samples have been sent to Nagpur for testing. One woman TB patient from the district has already tested positive. She is admitted to isolation ward and undergoing treatment.
On Thursday, one patient recovered from Nagpur GMCH, taking the total number of recovered patients to 83. However, on the patient’s request, the discharge was postponed to Friday morning.
In Nagpur, two new — a 23-year-old man and another 55-year-old man — positive patients were found from Satranjipura. By late Thursday evening, the youth was shifted to GMCH isolation ward.
In Yavatmal, two more suspects admitted to GMC tested positive on Thursday, taking total number of cases in the city to 88. Ten patients have already recovered and discharged, and currently 78 are admitted in the GMC.
District collector MD Singh has urged residents of containment areas to stay in their home and those residing in other areas to strictly adhere to lockdown norms. Essential commodities were distributed without any rush during 8am to 12 noon while banks functioned during the scheduled timing from 8am to 12 noon.
Singh told TOI that the administration is confident of controlling the coronavirus spread in a fortnight and appealed for people’s cooperation.
In a sigh of relief for Washim, three suspects who had got themselves admitted a day before tested negative. Civil Surgeon of Washim informed that their samples were collected on April 29 and report came on April 30.
Chandrapur, Wardha and Gadchiroli have remained Covid-19 free so far while Gondia has not reported new case from the last 25 days.
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