Nagpur: Vidarbha reported 494 new Covid-19 cases on December 21, lowest single day count for the month so far. The count is also the second lowest reported from the region after November 15, a day after Diwali, when 362 new patients were detected.
New cases are steadily going down in Vidarbha, but the sharp dip on Monday was specifically due to drop in testing numbers in Nagpur district.
As against 5,000-odd tests performed on an average daily, Nagpur district conducted only 3,518 tests on Monday. Of these, 235 reports came positive. Tests reduced in other districts of Vidarbha too, subsequently bringing down tally of daily new cases.
After Nagpur, Buldhana (54 positive from 588 tests), Yavatmal (49/296), Amravati (47/236), Gondia (30/118), Bhandara (17/188), Chandrapur (17/200), Akola (15/142), Washim (12), Gadchiroli (10), and Wardha (8/100) reported lesser number of new cases. Vidarbha’s caseload reached 2,45,244 after addition of fresh cases on Monday.
Of the 656 recoveries reported on Monday, Nagpur contributed 324, Bhandara (63), Amravati (46), Buldhana (42), Gadchiroli (35), Yavatmal (34), Gondia (31), Chandrapur (23), Washim (23), Akola (20), and Wardha (15), taking the total to 2,28,573. Vidarbha’s recovery rate improved further and reached 93.20%. But it’s still less than state and national average.
From 20 deaths on Sunday, the toll came down to 14 on Monday. Nagpur reported eight deaths followed by Chandrapur (2), Wardha (1), Gadchiroli (1), Yavatmal (1), and Buldhana (1). Out of Nagpur’s eight deceased, three were from city, two from Nagpur rural and three from other states/districts.
With Vidarbha’s Covid toll has mounted to 6,426 deaths. Case fatality rate is 2.62% which is still higher than state and national average.
Gondia: The district reported 30 new cases while 31 patients recovered on Monday. The district caseload reached 13,377, including 12,893 recoveries, 177 deaths. No death was reported on Monday. Now, 307 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: The Covid count of the district reached 11,979 with addition of 17 new cases. The recoveries reached 11,153 after 63 patients were discharged on Monday. Toll remained at 286. Now, 540 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 10 new cases and 35 recoveries, while a 75-year-old woman who was severely diabetic succumbed to the disease. Out of the total 8,814 patients, 8,410 have recovered for a recovery rate of 95.4%. The district has reported 96 fatalities so far while 307 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Fifteen new cases took the district’s Covid count to 10,184 on Monday. The day also saw 20 patients getting discharged, taking the total recoveries to 9,087. Toll remained unchanged at 311 as no death was reported on Monday. Now, 786 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district added 54 new cases to its Covid count which increased to 12,190 on Monday. A 60-year-old woman from Malkapur died during treatment taking total death toll of district to 147. On the other hand, 42 patients recovered in a day, taking the recoveries to 11,679, leaving 364 patients under treatment.
Washim: The district’s caseload increased to 6,532 with addition of 12 new patients while 23 recovered on Monday. Recoveries reached 6,148 while 235 patients are under treatment.
Chandrapur: Just 17 tested positive on Monday. The total now stands at 21,869. There were 23 recoveries with discharged patients 20,832. There were two deaths and the toll is now 353. There are 684 active patients.
Yavatmal: One death, a 72-year-old man from Ralegaon, took the toll to 392. Out of 296 reports, 49 tested positive. There are 313 active positive patients undergoing treatment. Out of 12,277 positive patients, 11,575 have recovered, including 34 on Monday.
Amravati: Forty-seven new cases and 46 recoveries kept the district's Covid scenario balanced as no death was reported on Monday. The new cases took the caseload to 19,038 while the total recoveries reached 18,226 for a rate of 95.73. This left 419 active cases, including 250 in home isolation.
Wardha: A 65-year-old man from Deoli died, taking the toll to 266, while new 8 patients tested positive and 15 were discharged. The caseload of district reached 8,697 and recoveries 8,173. Active positive patients who are undergoing treatment are 258. New patients came from Wardha (7) and Arvi (1).