Nagpur: First nine days of December have brought respite for Vidarbha region in terms of Covid-19 cases. Due to decreasing new Covid cases and increasing recoveries, the number of under-treatment patients has reduced significantly across the region. On Wednesday, the region reported 857 new cases against 977 recoveries.
Now, seven out of 11 districts in Vidarbha have less than 500 patients under treatment. Only Nagpur with 5,873 and Chandrapur 1,207 patients are the two districts having more than 1,000 active cases now. In Amravati division, all five districts — Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, Washim and Buldhana — have less than 500 active cases. Total 10,839 patients are under treatment in Vidarbha, which is nearly 4.6% of the total cases reported till date in the region.
Total 17 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the region on December 9. Nagpur accounted for 9 of them, but only 2 were are from Nagpur city. Four of the remaining seven are patients from outstation/states who came in critical condition and died the same day on Wednesday. Other 3 deceased were from Nagpur rural. Bhandara reported 4 deaths, Chandrapur 2, while Amravati and Buldhana reported 1 death each. As on Wednesday, Vidarbha’s Covid toll reached 6,231. Case fatality rate is 2.64%, which is more than the state and national averages.
Of the 857 new cases of Covid-19 infection detected on Wednesday, Nagpur reported 403, Chandrapur 108, Bhandara 52, Amravati 51, Gadchiroli 49, Gondia 48, Buldhana 40, Akola 37, Wardha 35, Yavatmal 23, and Washim 11, while 977 recoveries came from Nagpur 230, Chandrapur 276, Bhandara 112, Gondia 110, Amravati 70, Wardha 52, Yavatmal 36, Buldhana 30, Gadchiroli 23, Akola 19, and Washim 19. Now, out of total 2,35,507 cases, 2,18,437 have recovered, which means Vidarbha’s recovery rate is 92.75%.
Amravati: Yet another Covid death and a spike of 51 cases took the district’s toll to 385 and caseload to 18,348 on Wednesday. Recoveries improved to 70, taking the total to 17,492 for a recovery rate of 95.22. This left 471 active cases under treatment.
Chandrapur: Two deaths took the toll to 329. With 108 testing positive, the caseload in the district reached 20,033. The recovery rate has suddenly shot up. In all, 276 people were discharged, taking the recoveries to 19,497 on Wednesday. There are now 1207 active patients under treatment.
Wardha: On Wednesday, 35 patients tested positive, taking the total to 8,251. Meanwhile, 52 were discharged with recoveries at 7,626. Out of 651 test reports, 17 men and 18 women tested positive. Positive cases were reported from Wardha 23, Hinganghat 6, Arvi, Deoli 2 each and Karanja and Samudrapur 1 each. Active positive patients under treatment are 366. The death toll in the district remained 259.
Yavatmal: Out of the 295 reports, 23 were found positive. There are 287 active positive patients undergoing treatment in various Covid Care Centres across the district. In all, 36 patients were discharged on Wednesday. The toll remains 380.
Gondia: Total 48 Covid cases were detected in the district on Wednesday, while 110 patients recovered. No Coronavirus-related death was reported in the last 48 hours. Downward trend in fresh cases can be validated if the share of RT-PCR tests is increased in the district. At present, Gondia has 12,928 total cases, 12,305 recoveries, 168 deaths and 455 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: The district recorded 4 Covid-19 deaths on December 9. This is second time this week that Bhandara has registered 4 deaths. Now, the district has total 269 deaths due to Covid-19. With 52 new cases added on Wednesday, the total cases reached 11,299. On the other hand, 112 patients got discharge after recovery in the day. This took the number of recoveries to 10,446. With a recovery rate of 92.45%, total 584 patients are under treatment in Bhandara.
Akola: The district received more than 500 reports of Covid-19 tests, out of which 37 tested positive on December 9. This took the total number of Covid cases in Akola to 9,742. Also, 19 patients recovered in the day taking the number of total recoveries to 8,768. No death was reported in Akola on Wednesday. Now, with 301 deaths reported till date, Akola has 673 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: An 80-year-old man from Sindkhed Raja died during treatment on Wednesday taking the district’s Covid toll to 141. The district also reported 40 new cases, while 30 recovered. Now, Buldhana has 11,698 total cases, including 11,236 recoveries and 321 patients under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 11 new cases, once again, lowest for any district in Vidarbha, on Wednesday. On the other hand, 19 patients recovered in the day. No Covid death was reported. Now, the district has 6,301 total cases, including 5,976 recoveries. Washim’s recovery rate is 95%. Total 177 patients are under treatment, lowest in the region.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 49 cases of Covid-19 and 23 recoveries on Wednesday. No death was reported in the day. In all, Gadchiroli now has 8,370 total cases of Covid-19, out of which 7,854 have recovered. Recovery rate of the district is nearing 94%. Now, 427 patients are under treatment.