Nagpur: November started on a positive note on Covid-19 front for Vidarbha. New cases reduced to 873, while 1,223 patients recovered in a day on Sunday. Most significant was the decline in number of deaths due to Covid-19. Only 12 people died on Sunday. The region had recorded less than 12 deaths before this on July 28 – exactly 96 days ago.
While seven of the 12 deaths reported on Sunday came from Nagpur district, only two of them were from Nagpur city. Other two were from Nagpur rural and three from other districts/states. Chandrapur 2, Gadchiroli 2 and Gondia 1 reported deaths on Sunday. Remarkably, all deaths came from districts in Nagpur revenue division. No district in Amravati division reported Covid-19 death on Sunday.
The number of new cases in Amravati division was 185 out of the 873. TOI had reported on November 1 that Amravati division is performing well compared to Nagpur since October.
Sunday’s 873 cases came from Nagpur 192, Chandrapur 165, Gadchiroli 137, Gondia 83, Yavatmal 57, Wardha 56, Bhandara 55, Buldhana 53, Amravati 47, Akola 20, and Washim eight. On the other hand, 1,223 recoveries came from Nagpur 535, Chandrapur 129, Gondia 95, Buldhana 93, Amravati 79, Gadchiroli 77, Wardha 76, Bhandara 70, Washim 25, Akola 24, and Yavatmal 20.
Out of total 1.99 lakh cases till date, 1.82 lakh have recovered. Vidarbha’s recovery rate is 91.14%.
Chandrapur: Two Covid deaths were reported, while 165 new cases were detected taking the Covid-19 patient count to 15,937 on Sunday. The day also witnessed discharge of 129 patients, taking the number of recovered patients to 12,799. With two Covid deaths on Sunday, the district’s toll has gone up to 234, while there are 2,904 patients under treatment. The two deceased include a person each from Mohala village in Pomburna teshil and Chimur town.
Gadchiroli: The district reported two Covid-19 deaths on Sunday. A 45-year-old woman from Kurkheda and a 77-year-old man from Armori died during treatment taking the toll to 59. Total 137 new Covid-19 cases were reported taking the district’s caseload to 5,954. On the other hand, 77 patients recovered taking the number of total recoveries to 4,993. Gadchiroli has 902 patients under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district reported no Covid casualty on the third consecutive day on Sunday. However, 57 new Covid cases were detected in the day. Currently, 372 patients are under treatment. So far, 10,226 Covid patients were detected in the district of whom 9,087 have recovered. The district’s toll remained 349.
Amravati: For the second successive day on Sunday, the district did not report a single Covid death even as recoveries continued to outscore the number of new patients. Sunday saw 47 new patients as against 79 recoveries. While the caseload reached 16,349, the recoveries touched 15,357 for a percentage of 93.73. This left 628 patients, including 356 in home isolation, under treatment.
Gondia: The district reported 83 new cases taking the total tally to 9,845 on Sunday. Total 95 patients were discharged in the day. Now, 729 continue to be under treatment. A 45-year-old patient succumbed to Covid-19 in Gondia taking the toll to 127. As on Sunday, 8,989 patients out of the total 9,845 have recovered.
Wardha: Like elsewhere in the region, the district saw more recoveries than new patients on Sunday as 56 persons tested positive for coronavirus infection while 76 were discharged. The district’s caseload reached 6,346, while the number of recoveries jumped to 5,854. The district’s Covid toll remained at 212 as no casualty was reported on Sunday. Today’s 56 new cases include 33 from Wardha, Deoli 11, Ashti eight, Hinganghat three and Samudrapur one.
Bhandara: Sunday marked 55 new cases and 70 recoveries in the district. No Covid death was reported in the day. Now, there are 8,574 total cases, 7,472 of them recovered and 219 dead. As on date, 883 patients are under treatment in the district.
Washim: The district reported eight new cases, lowest in Vidarbha, on Sunday. With 25 patients recovering in the day, Washim now has 5,711 total patients out of which 5,147 have recovered. Total 143 deaths have been reported till date and 421 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district received reports of more than 850 tests on Sunday and 53 of them tested positive. This took Buldhana’s Covid-19 tally to 9,477. On the other hand, 93 patients recovered in the day taking the total number of recovered patients to 8,850. No Covid death was reported on Sunday. Total 521 patients are under treatment.
Akola: The district reported 20 new patients while 24 recovered on Sunday. Out of total 8,416 patients, 7,926 have recovered. The Covid toll remained 281 as no death was reported on Sunday. Now, 209 patients are under treatment, which is lowest in Vidarbha.