NAGPUR: The Covid recovery rate touched 90% mark for the first time in Vidarbha while the fatality rate too slightly declined, even as fewer new cases came in as against discharged patients on Wednesday.
With 1,380 Covid patients recovering in a day, 1,100 new cases were detected in the region while 27 patients passed away. The active case rate too remains well under 10%.
This month, the new cases started dropping from the peak of 2,000-mark from October 2, when 2,082 were recorded. This came down to 658 two days ago, but it was blamed on low testing due to festivities.
The highest recoveries, 3,435, too were reported on October 3 while after that numbers under this head have remained more than new cases.
On Wednesday, no death was reported from Wardha. Fatalities were reported from Nagpur (12), Bhandara (3), Gondia (1), Chandrapur (4), Gadchiroli (1), Amravati (1), Akola (2), Yavatmal (1), Buldhana (1) and Washim (1). This takes the collective toll to 5,132.
Washim reported lowest cases of the day at 8, out of 1,100. Nagpur (342), Bhandara (85), Wardha (33), Gondia (97), Chandrapur (228), Gadchiroli (118), Akola (26), Amravati (90), Yavatmal (52), Buldhana (21) and Washim (8) cases took the tally to 1,88,691.
Similarly, among the 1,380 recoveries were Nagpur (458), Bhandara (78), Wardha (54), Gondia (123), Chandrapur (151), Gadchiroli (70), Akola (164), Amravati (153), Yavatmal (46), Buldhana (51) and Washim (32). The total Covid count is 1,69,934 now while 13,234 are active cases.
Gadchiroli: A 57-year-old resident of Chamorshi died of Covid on Wednesday. The district reported 118 new cases and 70 recoveries. The district now has 914 active cases, while total cases are 5,541. So far, 55 have succumbed to the disease while 4,572 have defeated Covid.
Washim: The district reported lowest new Covid patients at 8 cases, while 32 were discharged on Wednesday. A lone death took the toll to 137. The new cases took the tally to 5,647, discharged count rose to 5,047 while 462 are active.
Buldhana: Of the 574 reports received from labs and testing centres, 553 were found negative while 21 were positive. One death was reported while 51 persons recovered and got discharged. According to official data, the district now has 9,174 cases, 8,469 recoveries, 122 deaths and 583 active cases.
Bhandara: The district recorded 3 deaths, 85 new cases, and 78 recoveries on Wednesday. The death toll reached 209. The district has 885 active cases. Total caseload is 8,273 cases, and 7,179 discharged patients.
Gondia: One death and 97 new cases were recorded while 123 were discharged on Wednesday. The new positive patients took the tally to 9,539 and Covid death toll so far to 123, recoveries to 8,590 and 826 active cases.
Akola: The district reported 26 new cases, a whopping 164 recoveries, and two Covid deaths. The case tally climbed to 8,320. So far, 276 people have died here of Covid. With new recoveries, the tally touched 7,678. There are 366 active patients.
Yavatmal: There was only one death in Yavatmal district on Wednesday, but total case count crossed 10,000 mark. Of the 10,033 cases, 8,922 have been discharged so far. Today, a 78-year-old woman from the city died. The death is now 347. The district has 404 active positive patients, while 46 patients were discharged.
Chandrapur: With spike of 228 patients, Covid-19 total in Chandrapur surged to 15,227 on Wednesday. The day also saw discharge of 151 patients taking total recoveries to 12,199. There were four deaths in last 24 hours, taking the toll to 227. There are now 2,851 active patients. Meanwhile, collector has ordered the health department to start mobile testing of people.
Amravati: A spike of 90 cases took the district caseload to 16,130 even as 153 recoveries took the recovery rate to a healthy 92.94%. The recovery count reached 14,992 while a death of a 70-year-old man from Dhamangaon Railway took the toll to 362. This left 776 active cases, including 389 in home isolation.
Wardha: The district saw 33 new cases and 54 discharges on Wednesday. The total reached 6,200 while recoveries are at 5,555, leaving 440 under treatment. The new cases were received from Wardha (17), Hinganghat (8), Selu, Arvi and Ashti (2 each), and Deoli and Karanja (1 each). The death toll of district stands at 205.