6 Covid deaths in dist, 1 in Akola as Vidarbha sees 389 new cases

Nagpur: With six Covid-19 deaths in Nagpur on Tuesday taking toll of district to 99 and Vidarbha region’s to 340, total Covid-19 cases reached 12,948. After reporting 400-plus cases from July 22 to 26 and 555 on July 27, the number came under 400 for the first time in last six days to 389. On the other hand, 367 patients recovered in Vidarbha on Tuesday taking recovery rate up to 67% again.
Nagpur once again reported highest cases in a day among Vidarbha’s 11 districts. With Nagpur (151), Amravati (67), Buldhana (41), Yavatmal (40), Gadchiroli (38), Chandrapur (24), Wardha (13), Washim (8), Bhandara (6), and Gondia (4) the total reached 12,984.
On recovery front too Nagpur led with 102, followed by Gadchiroli (77), Amravati (60) Wardha (29), Buldhana (26), Chandrapur (25), Yavatmal (16), Washim (9), Gondia (1), Bhandara (1). There have been total 8,696 recoveries so far. Vidarbha’s recovery rate is better than Maharashtra’s 60% and national average of 64%.
Even if the number of total patients under treatment in region increased to 3,948, the percentage reduced to 30% of total cases. This used to be around 33% till Monday. This means, more patients are returning home after recoveries. Case fatality rate in Vidarbha continued at 2.6% which is less than Maharashtra state’s 3.6% and slightly more than national average of 2.25%.
AMRAVATI: Crossing 1,800 mark, the district Covid count reached 1,838 with a spike of 67 cases on Tuesday. For the second successive day, the district recorded more recoveries than admissions as 60 patients got discharge today to take the count of recovered patients to 1,300. This left 472 active cases, including 15 taking treatment in Nagpur.
Amravati rural reported 12 cases today, five of them coming from Kurha in Teosa tehsil, to take the rural count to 350. Chandur Bazar tehsil reported two while Daryapur, Nandgaon Khandeshwar, Warud, Walgaon and Paratwada reported one each.
Hotspot Badnera reported eight cases while Dussera Maidan gave six to take its count to ten. Three cases each came from Rajapeth and Masanganj. Vilas nagar and Krishnarpan colony on Kathora Road reported two cases each. Gopal Nagar, Amba Gate and Camp posted their 15th case today while Khaparde Bagicha posted its sixth and Yashoda Nagar its seventh. Sai Nagar and Itwara Bazar posted their fifth case today while Sanjay Gandhi Nagar its fourth. Navsari posted its third case while Amle Layout its second. Deshpande Layout in Teosa Gin here also gave its first two cases.
Radiant Hospital, Bhatwadi nagar, Asma colony, Pushpak colony and Patwa Chowk in Morbag gave their first Covid case.
AKOLA: A 54-year-old woman from Kawsa-Dahihanda in rural Akola died during treatment on July 28 taking total Covid-19 deaths in Akola district to 111. She was admitted since July 8. Akola recorded 10 new cases with which total number of cases reached 2,488 here. Total 21 patients got discharge taking recoveries to 2,031. Akola’s recovery rate is 81% now. It conducted 211 RT-PCR tests and 268 rapid antigen tests on Monday. District civil surgeon Dr Rajkumar Chavan has launched new Covid-19 helpline numbers: 0724-2421718 and 9403751173 for residents of Akola district on Tuesday.
BULDHANA: Total 329 Covid-19 tests were done in Buldhana on Monday. Total 41 of them tested positive taking total cases in district to 1,101. Buldhana reported no death on Monday. On the other hand, 26 patients recovered and were discharged. With this, 688 have recovered from Buldhana. Now, 386 are under treatment.
YAVATMAL: On the sixth consecutive day, Yavatmal recorded 40 new positive patients. Five of them are from Pusad, three are from Darwha and one is from Digras. Total 16 patients were discharged and 324 are under treatment. Meanwhile, district collector MD Singh has imposed total lockdown on Pusad and Digras till July 31. Earlier, he imposed a lockdown on Yavatmal city, Pandharkawda, Ner and Darwha and the adjoining areas till July 31. Though the shops remained closed, movement of people is going on.
WASHIM: Nine patients recovered here while eight new patients were detected. Total number of cases reached 539 with 327 recoveries and 10 deaths. Now, 202 are under treatment.
BHANDARA: With six new patients from Bhandara and Tumsar tehsils, total cases reached 240. One patient recovered and was discharged. With two deaths reported earlier this month, total 49 are under treatment of which two have been referred to Nagpur. Bhandara has started conducting rapid antigen tests too. Till date, 1,352 rapid antigen tests were conducted. Total 13 of them detected positive.
GONDIA: An Assam returnee and a native of Fulchur of Gondia is among four new cases. Covid-19 cases reached 258. One patient was discharged. Number of containment zones has increased to 32. With three deaths reported earlier, Gondia now has 29 patients under treatment.
GADCHIROLI: A record 78 patients recovered and were discharged from Gadchiroli on July 28. All of them are SRPF jawans. With this, total 333 patients have recovered from Gadchiroli. On Tuesday, 38 new patients, including 35 police jawans and three civilians were detected positive. Total cases reached 556. With one death reported earlier, now 222 patients are under treatment.
WARDHA: While 13 new patients tested positive, Wardha’s total cases reached 188. With 14 on Monday and 15 on Tuesday- Total 29 patients got discharge. Six deaths have been registered in the district so far. Total 53 patients are under treatment. Out of 13 new cases, highest eight were from Arvi, two each from Wardha and Pulgaon while one is from Samudrapur. Positive patients include an 82-year-old woman from Arvi.
CHANDRAPUR: With the addition of 24 new patients, the Covid-19 tally in Chandrapur climbed up to 447. In all, 286 patients have been discharged so far, while 161 are under treatment. Most of the newly added patients belong to Chandrapur. They include four women from Chorkhidki locality, a cop and a woman from police quarters at Girnar chowk, a youth from Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, a six-year-old boy and girl from Jagannath Baba Nagar, a woman from Girnar chowk, a person from Tukum locality and another from Ram Nagar in Chandrapur city. Apart from this, a person each from Ballarpur, Nakoda, Rajura, Bodha in Bramhapuri tehsil and Kevda in Chimur tehsil also tested positive. Sources claimed six patients in Chandrapur are in critical condition. There has been no local death reported in district due to Covid-19 so far.