Three deaths, spike of 108 positive cases in Amt

Amravati: Three covid deaths and a spike of 108 cases on Friday took the district’s toll to 86 and count to 2872.
A report from the civil surgeon's office said that a 70-year-old woman from Vanipura in Karanja Lad town of Washim district, a 62-year-old man from Paratwada and a 47-year-old man from Gandhinagar in Old city, Badnera, died during treatment at the Covid hospital.
The 100-plus spike is the third the district has reported this month and the fifth overall. The highest of 146 was reported on August 2.
With 49 getting discharge, the number of recovered patients reached 1902. This left 884 active cases, including 21 taking treatment in Nagpur.
The rural belt again reported 34 cases to take its count to 689. Nine of them came from Daryapur that took its count to 38. Four cases came from Dharni that took its count to 47. Achalpur tehsil also reported four cases to take its count to 36 while two cases each came from Bhatkuli, Paratwada, Teosa and Chandur Railway that took their count to 32, 31, 11 and 16 respectively. Single cases came from Nandgaon Peth, Walgaon, Shirajgaon Kasba, Morshi, Chandur Bazar, Chikhaldara, Anjangaon Surji, Shirala and Rahatgaon.
In the city, Badnera reported seven cases to take its count to 225 while Chaitanya colony reported its first spike of four. Four cases also came from Bhaji Bazar and Shankar Nagar that took their count to nine and 30 respectively. Krushnagar, too, reported four cases to take its count to 23.
Deorankarnagar, Rampuri Camp and Rukmininagar reported three cases each to take their count to four, 13 and 41 respectively.
Two cases each came from Rahulnagar, Yashodanagar, Ravinagar, PDMC, Kalyannagar and Mangilal Plot while single cases came from 27 other localities.