Day of relief: Record 323 recover in Vid against 276 new patients

Nagpur: The number of Covid-19 patients recovered and discharged from hospitals in Vidarbha exceeded the number of new patients reported on Monday. This has happened for the first time in July which has reported more than 50% of the total Covid-19 cases of the region till now.
Total 323 patients recovered from Vidarbha against 276 new cases registered on Monday. Total 6,299 patients have recovered from Vidarbha till date.
The recovery rate, which was constantly reducing in July, moved upwards for the first time to 66.5%. Vidarbha’s recovery rate continued to be higher than Maharashtra’s 55% and national average of 63%.
The increasing number of Covid-19 deaths remains a serious concern. Three patients died in Yavatmal, two of them being 39-year-old men.
Two patients — a 60-year-old and a 55-year-old man — died in Akola. Two deceased in Nagpur include a 59-year-old man.
Vidarbha registered seven Covid-19 deaths on Monday taking the toll to 263. Case fatality rate of the region is 2.7%, highest than national average of 2.5% but lower than Maharashtra’s 3.7%.
Amravati registered the highest 64 recovered patients on Monday, followed by Nagpur (58), Bhandara (47), Buldhana (45), Washim (36), Akola (25), Yavatmal (22), Gadchiroli (19), Chandrapur (4), Wardha (2) and Gondia (1).
The region’s caseload increased by 276 on Monday. Amravati registered highest 71 cases, Nagpur (68), Akola (38), Chandrapur (29), Washim (25), Yavatmal (23), Buldhana (13), Gadchiroli (5), Gondia (2), Wardha (1), Bhandara (1).
YAVATMAL: Three Covid-19 deaths rocked the district on Monday. A 55-year-old woman from Tarpura in Yavatmal city, a 39-year-old man from Dhanki in Umarkhed tehsil and another 39-year-old man from Masjid Ward in Pandharkawda tehsil died during treatment, taking the district’s toll to 22. Also, the district registered 23 new cases while 22 patients were discharged after recovery. New patients include 11 men and 22 women. With 404 out of total 582 patients recovered and 22 deaths, Yavatmal has 156 patients under treatment.
AKOLA: A 60-year-old man from Gulzarpura and 55-year-old man from Lakshmi Nagar died during treatment on Monday to take the district’s toll to 104. Both were admitted on July 11. Akola performed record 830 rapid antigen tests on Monday. Total 38 new cases were reported while 25 patients got discharged from hospital. Out of the 3,204 rapid antigen tests done till date, 153 have given positive result.
AMRAVATI: A spike of 71 cases on Monday took the district’s Covid count past the 1,300-mark to reach 1,348 cases. The same day 64 patients got discharge, taking the number of recovered patients to 864.
After 41 deaths and 864 recoveries, the number of patients under treatment is 443, including 16 referred to Nagpur.
Nine cases from rural areas took their count to 222. Dhanora Jog village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil reported three cases to take the tehsil’s count to six while two cases came from Morshi taking its count to 12.
A case each from Bhatkuli, Achalpur and Warud took their count to 10, six and four respectively while Kathora reported its first case.
In the city, hotspot Badnera reported 10 cases to take its count to 138 while Rahul Nagar reported six cases to take its tally to 20. Five cases from Shegaon Naka took its tally to 16 while Pravin Nagar registered four cases.
Sarafa Bazar and Camp reported three cases each to take their count to eight and 12 respectively. Gulista Nagar and Sitarambaba Nagar reported two cases each while one case each came from Amba Gate and Rampuri Camp to take their count to 10 each. Habib Nagar and SRPF Camp also gave a case each to take their count to 22 and six respectively.
Remaining cases came from different localities of the city.
CHANDRAPUR: With the detection of record 29 patients, the Covid count of Chandrapur district crossed the 300-mark on Monday. The latest 100 cases have come in just six days, in half the number of days than the previous hundred.
Currently, the district’s caseload stands at 305, with 163 recovered and 142 patients under treatment. The first novel coronavirus patient was detected in Chandrapur on May 2 and the district took 61 days to reach the 100-mark on July 2. The next hundred came within 12 days on July 14 and the third hundred on July 20.
WASHIM: With increase in rapid antigen tests, the district registered a spike of 25 cases on Monday to take the caseload to 391. Out of 25 new cases, 17 were detected through rapid antigen tests while eight by RT-PCR. Patients are from Shirpur Jain, Karanja Lad, Washim city and Mangrulpir tehsils. On the other hand, 36 patients recovered and were discharged, taking total number of recovered patients to 195. After nine deaths, 187 patients are under treatment.
BULDHANA: As expected, patients detected at early stage of infection are recovering fast in Buldhana district. On Monday, 45 patients were discharged against 13 new cases. Out of total 755 patients, 398 have recovered. With 22 deaths reported till date, 335 patients are under treatment.
GADCHIROLI: After recovery of 14 patients from Kurkheda and five from Chamorshi, Gadchiroli and Armori, the number of recovered patients increased to 159. Out of total 343 patients, 210 are jawans of CRPF, SRPF and state police. Five new patients were reported on Monday. Four of them had returned from Solapur district. Now, Gadchiroli has 183 total patients under treatment.
WARDHA: A 27-year-old woman, wife of an employee of Kasturba Hospital, tested positive on Monday. Her husband, who is an electrician at hospital, was found positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday. Now, Wardha has total 105 cases including 68 recoveries and 4 deaths. Total 33 patients are under treatment.
BHANDARA: With highest 47 recoveries in a day, Bhandara’s recovery rate surged to 77.3% on Monday. Only one new patient was reported taking total number of cases to 199. With 154 of them recovered and two deaths, Bhandara has 43 patients under treatment.
GONDIA: Two more cases were registered in the district on Monday. Of them, one is a native of Arjuni-Morgaon tehsil who had returned from Mumbai. Another patient is a native of Salekasa tehsil. One patient recovered on Monday. With 201 out of 235 cases recovered and three deaths, Gondia has 31 patients under treatment.