NAGPUR: Continuing with 10-12 days’ trend of encouraging news regarding
Covid-19 spread in Vidarbha, total recoveries in the month of December surpassed 15k mark and reached 15,072 on Tuesday. This means, an average of more than 1,000 patients have recovered daily in December.
Against this, 13,263 new patients have been reported in the month so far, which means less than 900 cases per day. 12 Covid-19 patients died on Tuesday, which is the lowest after November 14.
On December 15, 883 new cases were reported from 11 districts of Vidarbha, while 821 patients recovered. Now, out of 2.4 lakh cases reported till date, 2.2 lakh have recovered. The recovery rate is 93.2%, which is inching closer to the state’s average of 93.5%, and the national average — which surpassed the 95% mark on Tuesday.
Out of 12 deaths reported on Tuesday, 9 were from Nagpur district alone. Out of 9 deceased reported in Nagpur, 4 were the outstation/other state patients who were referred to Nagpur on Tuesday in critical condition.
Chandrapur, Akola, and Bhandara reported 1 death each, while remaining seven districts in the region — Wardha, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Amravati, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Washim reported no deaths. Number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Vidarbha region reached 6,329.
Bhandara: The district reported 61 new cases, while 43 patients recovered.
Total count of Covid-19 cases reached 11,654 while recoveries reached 10,814. The recovery rate is 92.8%. A patient died during treatment on Tuesday, which took death toll of the district to 277. Now, 563 patients are under treatment.
Gondia: 42 new patients were detected, while 71 were reported Covid-19 free. Now, Gondia has 13,159 total cases, 12,687 recoveries and 174 deaths. No death due to Covid-19 was reported on Tuesday. The district now has 298 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: 40 new cases and 39 recoveries were recorded on Tuesday. No death was reported. With total 8,598 cases, and 8,138 of them recovered, Gadchiroli’s recovery rate is 94.7%. Total 92 deaths have been reported till date. Case fatality rate of the district is 1% only. 368 patients are still under treatment.
Akola: The district received 1,114 reports of RT-PCR tests and 101 Rapid Antigen Tests in the last 24 hours. Out of these, 40 tested positive. This took Akola’s Covid-19 caseload to 9,928. With 45 recovered on Tuesday, total 9,877 of them have recovered. A 75-year-old patient from Bhaurad in Akola died during treatment. This took the death toll to 305. Now, 646 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district received reports of 200 tests of Covid-19 and 45 of them tested positive on December 15. 25 patients recovered in a day. Now, Buldhana has total 11,898 cases of Covid-19, including 11,404 recoveries and 144 deaths. No death was reported on Tuesday. Now, 350 patients are under treatment.
Washim: With 14 new patients detected and 8 recovered on Tuesday; total cases in Washim reached 6,461 and recoveries reached 6,045. No death was reported in the district on Tuesday. Washim has 148 Covid-19 deaths (including a suicide), and 267 patients are currently under treatment.
Wardha: On Tuesday, 38 tested positive. The caseload of district reached 8,466. Meanwhile, 23 patients were discharged and 7,926 recoveries were registered.
Yavatmal: Out of 309 test reports on Tuesday, 37 were positive. Currently, 288 positive patients are undergoing treatment in various
Covid Care Centres across the district.
Chandrapur: There were 102 positive cases with 74 getting discharged on Monday. One death was reported, taking the toll to 338. The total caseload in now 21,457 and recoveries 20,350.
Amravati: For the second successive day on Tuesday, the death toll of the district remained constant at 390. Recoveries, too, outscored new cases as 69 went home cured as against 46 new cases