Chandrapur: A 79-year-old person from Ballarpur town died of
Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the district’s death toll to 14. The deceased was suffering from pneumonia. He was admitted to the Covid hospital on August 20.
The Covid count of the district climbed up to 1,354 with detection of 48 new cases during the day. The day also saw 27 patients getting discharge, taking the count of recovered patients of 893. There are 447 patients under treatment at Covid care centres and Covid hospital.
The new patients include 19 from
Chandrapur city, eight from Korpana, five each from Ballarpur and Gondpipri, two each from Rajura, Bhadrawati and Warora and one each from Chimur, Sindewahi, Jiwti, Bramhapuri and Mul tehsils, and one each from Chichpalli and Ghugus.