First time, Vid recovery rate dips below Maha & national

Nagpur: Sudden surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in Vidarbha has added 4,800-plus new patients to the tally of region in the last six days. On August 6, Vidarbha added 1,085 new cases — 648 of them being from Nagpur district alone. In Amravati, member of Parliament Navneet Rana, her husband-MLA from Badnera Ravi Rana tested positive. About 10 family members of the Rana family have already tested positive.
Due to this sudden increase in the number of cases on Thursday, the recovery rate has gone down to 62.2%. For the first time, recovery rate of Maharashtra (66%) and national average (64.5%) are better than Vidarbha. This spike has also increased the number of patients under treatment to 6,924; which is 35% of total cases. This has happened for the first time ever.
Vidarbha region recorded 30 deaths for the second day in a row — taking total death toll to 542. Alarmingly, 155 of these came in first six days of August alone. More alarmingly, 103 of the 155 deaths in August were reported from Nagpur district. Even on Thursday, Nagpur reported 25 deaths — 21 of them from city, and four from other parts of the district.
The graph of total cases in Vidarbha is moving speedily towards the 20,000-mark. It reached 19,795 on Thursday. Recoveries, however, are increasing at a steady rate of 300 to 400 patients a day. With 315 patients discharged on August 6, total 12,329 patients have recovered from the region till date.
AMRAVATI: Three Covid deaths and a spike of 92 cases on Thursday took the district’s toll to 83 while the number of patients reached 2,764. A report from civil surgeon office stated that a 48-year-old man from Kekatpur in Amravati tehsil, a 55-year-old man from Chichfail in Rajapeth locality and a 65-year-old man from Balaji Plot locality died during treatment at Covid hospital. Total 13 patients got discharge today to take the count of recovered patients to 1,853. This left 828 under treatment, including 15 referred to Nagpur.
MLA Ravi Rana and his MP wife Navneet Rana today tested positive. Ten of his family members, including parents, a son and a daughter, had tested positive three days ago. Besides them, three more from Shankarnagar, where the Ranas reside, tested positive to take the locality’s count to 21.
YAVATMAL: Reporting death for 4th day in a row, Yavatmal’s total Covid-19 death count reached 39 on August 6. A 58-year-old woman from Pusad city died. Apart from her, 46 others tested positive from the district, which include six from Yavatmal city. Total 82 patients recovered and were discharged on August 6. This means, 994 out of total 1,358 Covid-19 cases in Yavatmal have recovered with a recovery rate of over 73%. Though Yavatmal district has conducted 23,050 tests so far, results of 4,000 of them are still awaited. Two critical patients from Yavatmal have been referred to Nagpur. Including them, Yavatmal has 325 patients under treatment.
BULDHANA: Covid-19 death toll of the district increased to 35 when a 65-year-old woman from Shivaji Nagar, Khamgaon, died on August 6. Buldhana received 472 test reports on Thursday with 70 of them positive. With this, total cases reached 1,687. Total 11 patients were discharged in a day taking total number of recovered patients to 990. Buldhana has 662 patients under treatment at present.
CHANDRAPUR: District registered record spike of 67 new cases during the day taking the total Covid-19 caseload to 749 on Thursday. With health department expediting the tests, officials have warned of further rise in the number of patients in coming days.
The day also witnessed the discharge of 20 patients raising the number of cured patients to 426. There are now 321 active patients under treatment at different Covid hospitals. No death was recorded on Thursday and toll remains at two in district. Out of total 746 patients here, 650 belong to Chandrapur district, 42 are from other districts of Maharashtra, while 54 are from other states.
The new cases include 28 from Bramhapuri, 13 each from Chandrapur and Ballarpur, Chimur 4, three each from Bhadrawati and Warora, two from Gadchandur and one from Rajura. As of now, there are a total 73 active containment zones in the district. Officials have claimed that the number of contact patients is very high in the district. Villages namely Mangli, Delwandi and Gangalwadi have become Covid hotspots, said officials.
AKOLA: Covid-19 cases have reduced in Akola Municipal Corporation area, but rural parts of the district are still reporting cases in large numbers. On August 6, total 80 new cases were reported in Akola. Most of them are from rural. Total cases in the district reached 2,880 on Thursday. Total 18 patients received discharge, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,304. Recovery rate of Akola is 80%. No Covid-19 death was reported on Thursday. Now, Akola has 455 patients under treatment.
WASHIM: Total 23 Covid-19 infected persons were detected in the district on August 6 which took total number of Covid-19 cases to 813. With five more getting discharge, total number of recovered patients here surged to 470. Washim now has 325 patients under treatment.
BHANDARA: Covid-19 cases in the district reached 342 on August 6 as 24 new patients were detected in a day. Out of these, 21 are from Bhandara tehsil, one from Lakhni, and two from Mohadi tehsils. On Thursday, four patients recovered and were discharged, taking the total number of recovered patients to 231. With two deaths in July, Bhandara has total 309 patients. Out of them, six have been referred to Nagpur.
GONDIA: Number of Corona positive cases continue to surge in Gondia. As many as 22 fresh cases were diagnosed, while four patients recovered in Gondia district today. New cases include eight residents of Sindhi Colony of Gondia city alone.
WARDHA: Covid-19 test reports of 180 people were received on Thursday and 8 of them came positive for novel coronavirus infection. While six have defeated the virus and discharged from hospital, 178 have been released from isolation ward due to negative report on Thursday.
Among the positive patients are a 55-year-old woman from Anandnagar, an 18-year-old girl from Sewagram, a 39-year-old woman and eight-year-old girl from Srinivas Colony, a 53-year-old woman from Adarshnagar, a 56-year-old man from Zakir Hussain Colony, a 23-year-old man from Ashti and a 21-year-old man from Samudrapur.
On Thursday, 296 people were admitted in the isolation wards. Swabs of 281 have been sent for testing. Test reports of 260 are pending. The total number of cases in the district has reached 262. On Thursday, six patients were discharged. A total of 216 patients have recovered and returned home so far. At present, the number of active patients in the district is 37, with two of them referred to Nagpur.
GADCHIROLI: A spike of 23 new cases was witnessed in Gadchiroli on August 6. These include 18 CRPF jawans, three admitted in institutional quarantine centre at Aheri, and one each from Dhanora and district hospital. With this, total number of Covid-19 cases in Gadchiroli has increased to 667. Total eight patients recovered from the district today, taking the number of recovered patients to 508. Now, Gadchiroli has 158 patients under treatment.