Cases continue to dip in Vidarbha, Covid deaths constant

NAGPUR: Covid-19 scenario is improving across Vidarbha region and the trend of less cases and more recoveries continued on Friday too. Least in last many days, 1,515 new cases were reported on October 9. On the other hand, more than 2,500 patients recovered from the disease in the region.
Recovery rate of Vidarbha, which is above 84%, has now reached close to national average of 85.5% and way ahead of Maharashtra’s 82%.
However, after two days of lower death toll, Vidarbha’s Covid-19 fatality once again surged on October 9 to 45. These include 26 deaths from Nagpur district, 4 each from Yavatmal, Akola and Washim, 2 each from Bhandara and Wardha and 1 from Buldhana. Vidarbha’s total Covid-19 casualties reached 4,445, which hints at case fatality rate of 2.7% again.
Many of these deaths, like 4 in Washim, were added after reconciliation. These deaths happened in the past, and reported on Friday. The cumulative death count could be a little more due to this reconciliation exercise. Chandrapur reported no death after 37 days on October 9.
Out of 1,515 cases reported in a day, Nagpur has highest share — 636. Number of cases in Nagpur is reducing constantly now. Nagpur was followed by Amravati 188, Chandrapur 141, Gadchiroli 125, Bhandara 106, Yavatmal 96, Wardha 69, Buldhana 55 and Gondia 52. Akola 19 and Washim 28 reported lowest cases in a month.
Recoveries include 1,271 from Nagpur followed by Buldhana 181, Gondia 165, Bhandara 153, and Wardha 96. Akola 85, Chandrapur 67, and Gadchiroli reported 89 recoveries.