NAGPUR: After a gap of
10 days, Vidarbha’s fresh Covid caseload again crossed the 1,000-mark for the fourth time this month on Wednesday. Recoveries count too dropped to month’s lowest across the 11 districts of Vidarbha at 635, which also brought down the percentage by 1 point.
With 1,019 new cases, 17 deaths and 635 recoveries, Vidarbha’s count rose to 2,13,265, 5,790 and 1,98,198, respectively.
Nagpur’s daily cases jumped by 127 in a day to 389 with testing too rising closer to pre-vacation level at 6,900. Seven Covid patients were declared dead. The district’s Wednesday recoveries were more than half short at 175 than new cases, leaving 3,301 active cases. It has 1,07,213 total cases, 1,00,374 recoveries and 3,538 fatalities.
Two districts each in Nagpur (Gondia and Gadchiroli) and Amravati (Buldhana and Washim) divisions didn’t’ report any Covid death in the day. Beside Nagpur, Covid deaths were reported from Bhandara (3), Wardha (1), Chandrapur (2), Amravati (1), Akola (1), Yavatmal (2).
New cases were reported from Bhandara (114), Wardha (59), Gondia (98), Chandrapur (107), Gadchiroli (78), Akola (30), Amravati (45), Yavatmal (39), Buldhana (49) and Washim (11).
Similarly, the 635 discharged patients were reported from Nagpur (175), Bhandara (43), Wardha (70), Gondia (81), Chandrapur (61), Gadchiroli (41), Akola (4), Amravati (36), Yavatmal (59), Buldhana (42) and Washim (23).
Amravati: With the addition of 45 new cases, the district’s Covid caseload crossed 17,000 mark at 17,017 on Wednesday.
A 70-year-old female from Girijavihar locality was the 372nd Covid casualty reported on Wednesday. 36 patients got discharge taking the total recoveries to 16,279. There are 366 active patients including two taking treatment in Nagpur and 203 in home isolation.
Gadchiroli: No Covid death was reported on Wednesday. New cases count increased by 78 while 41 recoveries were reported. The district now has 466 active cases, while total cases are 7,049. So far, 73 have succumbed to the disease while 6,510 defeated Covid and declared recovered in the district.
Washim: No fatality was recorded on Wednesday. The district reported the lowest number of day’s cases in Vidarbha at 11 while 23 patients recovered. Death toll remained at 144. The new cases took the tally to 5,918, discharged rose total count to 5,616 while 158 are active.
Buldhana: No death took place while 49 new cases and 42 recoveries were reported on Wednesday. The district now has 10,608 cases, 10,073 recoveries, 132 deaths and 403 active cases. Here too, just two deaths have been reported in the last 10 days, providing much needed relief to the health officials.
Bhandara: The district reported three deaths, 114 new cases, and 43 recoveries on Wednesday. The district has 705 active cases. Total caseload is 9,716 cases, and 8,774 discharged patients. Death toll rose to 237.
Gondia: The district reported 98 new cases, 81 recoveries but no deaths. It was the only other district in Nagpur division not to report a Covid death beside Gadchiroli. The
new positive patients took the tally to 11,018 and Covid death toll to 145, recoveries 10,266 and 607 active cases.
Akola: The district reported 30 new cases, 4 recoveries and one Covid death on Wednesday. The cases tally climbed to 8,836. So far, 286 people have died of Covid. With new recoveries, the tally touched 8,173. 377 are active patients.
Chandrapur: 107 new cases took the case tally to 17,951 on Wednesday. Two deaths were reported during the day and the toll has now climbed to 277.
In all, 61 patients were discharged, bringing the total recoveries to 15,483. 2,191 people under treatment in the district.
Yavatmal: The district recorded 2 deaths — a 72-year-old man from Wani and a 50-year-old-man from Umarkhed. Out of 493 test reports received on Wednesday, 39 were positive. 301 are currently undergoing treatment in the district. 10,847 have tested positive so far, of whom 10,160 have recovered, including 59 patients were discharged on Wednesday.
Wardha: A 79-year-old man from Hinganghat died during treatment taking the death toll of the district to 227. 59 new cases and 70 recoveries were reported. The caseload of the district has climbed to 7,121 and the recoveries to 6,490. Active patients under treatment are 404. The new cases were from Wardha (35), Deoli (14), Hinganghat and Samudrapur (3 each), Karanja (2), Selu and Arvi (1 each).