Covid positive man commits suicide in Bhandara hospital

Nagpur: A 50-year-old Covid-19 positive man in Bhandara district committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of the isolation ward in the district general hospital on Monday morning.
This is third suicide of a Covid-19 positive patient in Vidarbha and first in Nagpur division. Earlier, two suicides were from Akola and Washim – both from Amravati division of Vidarbha. Apart from the suicide, Bhandara reported deaths of 2 under-treatment patients on Monday. Nagpur reported 24 deaths, Amravati 4, and one each in Akola and Wardha took the total death toll in Vidarbha to 905.
A positive development of the day in Vidarbha was recovery of 837 patients from the region. This is highest ever number of patients recovered in a day and took the number of recovered patients to 18641. With this, the recovery rate of the region showed a slight improvement and increased for the first time in the month of August. Though, the increase is of just 0.38 points, it hints at constant improvement in the recovery rate now onwards. Highest 376 patients recovered from Nagpur followed by Amravati 97, Chandrapur 61, Gondia 53, Washim 49, Buldhana 46, Akola 39, Yavatmal 36, Wardha 34, Gadchiroli 31, and Bhandara 15.
After a one-day decrease due to less number of tests on August 16, number of positive cases reverted on August 17. Total 1242 new patients were reported in Vidarbha. They include Nagpur (846), Amravati (163), Yavatmal (70), Washim (41), Bhandara (26), Buldhana (21), Wardha (20), Gadchiroli (20), Chandrapur (16), Gondia (10) and Akola (9). Remarkably, Akola – which used to be the worst-hit district in Vidarbha reported least number of new cases on August 17 – which shows that the spread is coming under control there.
AMRAVATI: While four covid deaths took the district’s death toll one short of a century to 99, the highest single-day spike of 163 took the district’s Covid count to 3929. With 97 patients getting discharge on Monday, the number of recovered patients reached 2680. This left 1150 active cases, including 27 taking treatment in Nagpur.
The civil surgeon’s office reported that four persons, all males, died during treatment at the Covid hospital. They included a 60-year-old male from village Shirajgaon Band, a 42-year-old male from Dhamangaon Railway town, a 75-year-old from New City, Badnera and a 55-year-old from Chaparasipura locality.
The spike of 163 beat the previous high of 154 reported on August 2. This was the eighth 100-plus single day spike reported this month and 10th overall. The month of August itself has accounted for 1773 cases at 104.29 cases per day.
BHANDARA: Three Covid-19 deaths, including a suicide rocked Bhandara district on August 17. A 50-year-old man committed suicide in Bhandara. A 50-year-old Covid-19 positive woman from Bhandara and a 73-year-old man from Bhandara tehsil died in the isolation ward. This took total Covid-19 deaths of Bhandara district to 8. Bhandara now has 568 total cases, including 349 recovered and 211 under treatment.
The person who committed suicide on Monday was from Devada Khurd village of Mohadi tehsil of Bhandara district. He was admitted in the general hospital since August 14. His swab samples had tested positive on August 16. The person committed suicide by hanging in the bathroom at around 6.30am on Monday, informed the civil surgeon of Bhandara. No suicide note was found. But doctors said he was depressed since the time he was told that he tested positive on August 16.
Earlier, a 40-year-old Covid-19 patient from Karanja Lad town in Washim district committed suicide on July 31 due to stress and trauma after testing positive. The patient disappeared from the isolation ward and later his body was recovered from a farm well in a nearby village. The first Covid-19 positive suicide was reported on May 11 in Akola when a 30-year-old labourer, originally from Assam, committed suicide by slitting his throat with a broken window glass.
AKOLA: A 72-year-old man from Hiwarkhed village of Telhara, who was admitted on August 13, died during treatment in Akola. This was 136th Covid-19 death in the district. Against more than 100 cases, nine tested positive from the district. On the other hand, 39 patients recovered. Now, Akola has 3251 patients, including 2695 recovered, 136 dead and 420 under treatment.
WARDHA: A 63-year-old woman of Hinganghat died due to coronavirus during treatment on Monday while 20 more persons tested positive and 34 have been discharged after recovering on Monday. Among the positive, 13 are men and women 7. They are from Wardha (10), Hinganghat (5), Arvi (2) Ashti (1), Deoli (1) and Pulgaon (1).
According to information from the district collector’s office, after 34 got discharged, the total count of active positive is 92 while 320 have been discharged after recovering. Total 423 persons have been infected in the district of which eleven died during treatment.
CHANDRAPUR: With detection of 16 new cases, the Covid-19 total in Chandrapur climbed up to 1121 on Monday. In all, 61 patients were discharged during the day raising the tally of cured patients up to 749. This has left 361 active patients under treatment. There was no death reported in the district during the day and the toll still stands at 9 in Chandrapur. Newfound patients on Saturday include 8 from Chandrapur city, 3 from Rajura tehsil, three from Bhadrawati teshil and one each from Mul and Bhejgaon.
YAVATMAL: There was respite as far as the death toll was concerned. After about three weeks, the district recorded no death on Monday. There are 70 new positive patients of whom 47 are men and 23 are women. Total 714 active positive patients are in the isolation wards. Currently 133 persons are admitted in the isolation ward of GMC. Total 36 positive patients were discharged on Monday.
BULDHANA: Total 105 reports were received in Buldhana district on August 17. Out of these, 21 tested positive taking the total number of cases in Buldhana to 2252. On the other hand, 46 patients recovered in a day which took the number of recovered patients to 1399. With 40 Covid-19 deaths reported earlier, the total number of patients under treatment in Buldhana is now 813.
WASHIM: Total 41 patients tested positive while 49 recovered in a day on August 17 in Washim district. This took the total number of cases in the district to 1227 with 819 of them getting discharged. With 20 deaths reported earlier, the district now has 388 patients under treatment.
GADCHIROLI: 20 new suspects, including a doctor, two nurses, a police sub-inspector and a pregnant woman tested Covid-19 positive in Agdchiroli. Two Mumbai-returned travellers also tested positive. With these two, there are 843 positive patients in the district. Total 31 patients recovered in a day, taking their count to 702. Now, 140 patients are under treatment in district.
GONDIA: A patient coming from Seoni (MP) for medical treatment in Gondia tested positive on August 17. Including this patient, 10 new cases were reported in Gondia while 53 patients recovered in a day. Now, total 811 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Gondia. Total 547 patients recovered in a day. With nine deaths reported in the past, Gondia has 255 patients under treatment.