Nagpur: Covid-19 wave seems to have has settled down in Vidarbha with fewer new cases and steady recoveries. On Thursday, the region reported 753 new cases, less than 1,000 cases for the sixth day in a row. On the other hand, 800 patients recovered in a day.
With this, 1.93 lakh patients in Vidarbha have recovered of the 2.08 lakh cases. The recovery rate of the region increased further to 92.51% which is almost equal to the national average.
The region reported 12 deaths on Thursday, with 8 of them from Nagpur district alone. These include 2 deaths from Nagpur city and 2 from rural. Other 4 were patients who came from other states/divisions and tested positive in the city. Bhandara, Wardha, Gondia and Chandrapur reported 1 death each while no district in Amravati revenue division reported death for the second consecutive day.
Even cases are reducing rapidly in Amravati division which is an indicator of better control of Covid. Even as the death count is under 15 since the last three days, the average case fatality rate of Vidarbha is still above 2.70% which is way higher than national average of 1.48% and state’s 2.63%.
The new cases came from Nagpur (234), Chandrapur (103), Buldhana (95), Bhandara (69), Wardha (55), Gondia (46), Amravati (39), Gadchiroli (38), Washim (28), Yavatmal (26), and Akola (20) with the total reaching 2,08,906. The recoveries were from Nagpur (210), Chandrapur (168), Gadchiroli (93), Buldhana (78), Yavatmal (58), Bhandara (54), Amravati (52), Gondia (28), Wardha (23), Akola (20), Washim (16) taking the total to 1,93,269.
Buldhana: The district received 1,025 reports of which 95 tested positive taking the case count to 10,122. Total 78 patients recovered in a day. This took the number of recovered patients to 9,608. Buldhana’s recovery rate is about 95%. However, about 4,444 reports of tests are yet to be received. No death was reported on Thursday. The toll remained at 131. The district has 383 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: A patient died on Thursday taking the total death toll to 232. Total 69 new cases were identified while 54 patients recovered in a day. Total cases in Bhandara have reached 9,333 while 8,348 patients recovered. The recovery rate is 89.44% while case fatality rate of Bhandara is 2.48%. Total 753 patients are under treatment.
Gondia: The district reported death of a 65-year-old patient from Deori village on Thursday. This took the death toll to 141. With 46 new cases, total cases reached 10,596 while 28 patients recovered in a day taking the total number of recovered patients to 9,813. There are 642 patients under treatment in Gondia. Its recovery rate is 90.94%.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 38 new cases taking the caseload to 6,733. On the other hand, 93 patients recovered taking the total number of recovered patients to 6,024. No death was reported on Thursday. Total 642 patients are under treatment in the district. Recovery rate is more than 89% while the death rate is 1%.
Washim: The district reported 28 new cases while 16 patients recovered in a day. This took the cases in the district to 5,852 while 5,534 of them have recovered till date. No death was reported for sixth day in a row. Total 174 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Total 20 patients recovered while 20 new patients were detected on Thursday. No death was reported. The district now has 8,620 cases, 8,114 recoveries and 283 deaths. Total 223 patients are under treatment.
Yavatmal: Fortunately, Yavatmal recorded no deaths on Thursday also. Out of the 357 test reports, 26 were found positive. 301 are active positive patients under treatment in the district. 10,659 were positive so far of which 9805 were discharged, including 58 discharged on Thursday.
Amravati: Witnessing no deaths for the third day on the trot, the district recorded 39 new cases to take its Covid count to 16,826 on Thursday. Recoveries were better than new cases. In all, 52 recovered to take the overall total to 16,021 for a percentage of 95.22. This has left 436 active cases.
Wardha: A 68-year-old man from Selu died due to coronavirus during treatment on Thursday while 55 new patients were reported positive and 23 were discharged. Around 818 test reports were received and 55 of them (28 men and 27 women) tested positive. The cases were reported from Wardha (41), Selu (6), Deoli and Karanja (3 each) and Hinganghat (2). The caseload of the district increased to 6,899 and recoveries 6205 while active positive patients under treatment are 477. District recorded 217 deaths due to coronavirus so far.
Chandrapur: There was a single death reported during the day while the Covid cases climbed up by 103 on Thursday. There were also 168 recoveries taking the cured cases up to 14, 675. While the death toll stands at 260, total Covid caseload reached 17, 378. There are now 2443 active patients under treatment in Chandrapur.