At 123, Vidarbha records highest recoveries in a day, rate surges to 69%

NAGPUR: Total 123 patients recovered from Covid-19 and were discharged in Vidarbha on June 23, a record since the pandemic began. The earlier highest number, 113, was on June 18. Out of 123 on June 23, Akola discharged highest 61 and Nagpur 46. The recovery rate of Vidarbha surged to 69%, the highest in June.
At the same time, only 48 new positive cases were detected on June 23, again the lowest figure in June. Total cases in Vidarbha have reached 3,847. Nagpur and Yavatmal recorded 15 new patients each followed by Amravati (8), Chandrapur (4), Washim (3) and Wardha (1). For the first time in last 45 days, Akola recorded only one new patient in a day.
Deaths, however, continued to remain a cause of concern for Vidarbha. Total four deaths were recorded. In Akola, a 55-yr-old woman from Balapur, who was admitted since June 12, died during treatment. She had high blood pressure. In Buldhana, reports of a 55-yr-old woman from Mominpura in Malkapur, who died on June 23, tested positive. A 70-yr-old woman, from the same area in Malkapur town, also died during treatment. In Amravati, a 74-yr-old woman, who tested positive on June 22, died on Tuesday. This took the Covid-19 death toll of Vidarbha to 132.
AMRAVATI: A 74-year-old woman, a resident of Habib Nagar, who tested positive on Monday evening, died before being admitted to Covid hospital. This takes the death count of the district to 19. Eight new positive cases took the district’s count to 446, while discharge of 12 patients took the recoveries to 312.
Hotspot Badnera took its tally to 59 as a 48-year-old man from Almas Colony in Patel Nagar area tested positive. Sabanpura reported its eighth case, a 38-year-old woman, while Vilas Hagar posted its second, a 25-year-old youth. Maya Nagar and Gopal Nagar posted their third case today, a female aged 47, and a youth aged 19 respectively.
Kamela Ground too reported its seventh case, a man aged 50. Chhaya Nagar posted its third case, a 45-year-old man. After 19 deaths and 312 recoveries, there are 115 active cases, including 11 taking treatment in Nagpur.
YAVATMAL: The district reported 15 positive patients on Tuesday, at Ner (10), Digras and Wani (2 each) and Darwah (1), taking the total to 78. Currently, 82 persons are admitted in the isolation ward of GMC Yavatmal. The district has recorded 247 positive cases, of which 161 have recovered and been discharged.
CHANDRAPUR: Four positive patients were detected in Chandrapur city, taking the total to 61. Three of them belong to same family in Lumbini Nagar, and one is a 31-year-old from Binaba ward.
Officials claimed a family comprising husband (47), wife (40) and son (21) had returned from Hyderabad on June 16 and were in home quarantine at Lumbini Nagar in city. The person from Binaba ward had returned from Secunderabad on June 19 and was serving home quarantine.
Out of 61 positives, 43 have been discharged. Currently, there are only 18 positive patients.
WARDHA: A 19-year-old youth who came from Mumbai to Pulgaon tested positive on Tuesday. He has been admitted to Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital in Sawangi, and 10 of his close contacts kept in isolation. Also, 17 other low risk persons have been kept in the isolation room at Covid Care Centre, Deoli.
WASHIM: Three persons tested positive in rural Washim on June 23. They include a 55-yr-old woman and 25-yr-old youth from Tamasi village in Washim tehsil, and a 38-yr-old woman from Asan Galli in Risod tehsil. All three were close contacts of already positive patients.
GONDIA: For the sixth day in row, no fresh case of Covid-19 was reported in Gondia district. Active cases remained at 30. Reports of 139 samples are awaited, with 2,695 persons in institutional or home quarantine.
Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli also reported no new cases on June 23.