Nagpur: No immediate impact of the mutant coronavirus has so far been seen in the 11 districts of Vidarbha though health officials and local administration have swung into action following the latest scare. As per the research in UK, the new strain is 70% more transmissible, thus causing more number of infections. Yet, Wednesday’s figures of new cases, recoveries and mortality don’t indicate any unusual spike considering the new more contagious strain has wreaked havoc in Europe in the last one month.
Continuing the trend, all districts reported relatively low number of fresh cases making for 711 in the region while fatalities too were just 14. At 607, recoveries too almost matched the new cases of the day.
Six districts —Wardha, Gondia, Chandrapur, Amravati, Gadchiroli and Washim didn’t report any deaths. Except Nagpur and Yavatmal, all districts reported new cases under 50.
Health authorities said the sudden spike or mortality could be the first indicator of the new strain affecting people.
The 14 deaths were from Nagpur (7), Bhandara (2), Akola (1) Yavatmal (3) and Buldhana (1) for a total 6,455.
The new cases were from Nagpur (365), Bhandara (33), Wardha (34), Gondia (34), Chandrapur (27), Gadchiroli (23), Akola (43), Amravati (39), Yavatmal (52), Buldhana (39) and Washim (22). Vidarbha’s cases rose to 2,46,725.
Recoveries reached 2,31,914 following 607, including 264 at Nagpur, Bhandara (68), Wardha (19), Gondia (23), Chandrapur (54), Gadchiroli (17), Akola (29), Amravati (30), Yavatmal (40), Buldhana (52) and Washim (11). This left 8,371under treatment
Gadchiroli: No death was reported on Wednesday. New case count increased by 23 while 17 recoveries were reported. The district now has 297 active cases, while total cases are 8,856. So far, 98 have succumbed to the disease while 8,461 defeated Covid and declared recovered in the district.
Washim: The district didn’t report any Covid deaths on Wednesday. The district reported the lowest number of day’s cases in Vidarbha at 22 along while 11 patients recovered and got discharged. Death toll is 148. The new cases took the tally to 6,563, discharged rose to 6,165 while 249 are active.
Buldhana: No Covid death took place while 39 new cases and 52 recoveries were reported on Wednesday. According to official data, the district now has 12,266 cases, 11,771 recoveries, 148 deaths and 249 active cases.
Bhandara: The district reported two Covid deaths, 33 new cases and 68 recoveries on Wednesday. The district has 500 active cases. Total caseload is 12,063cases and 11,275 discharged patients. Covid toll is 288.
Gondia: The district witnessed 23 recoveries and 34 new cases on Wednesday. Number of patients under treatment is 315. The new positive patients took the tally to 13,433. So far, 177 succumbed , whiled 12,941 recovered.
Akola: The district reported 43 new cases, 29 recoveries and one Covid death on Wednesday. The cases tally climbed to 10,261. So far, 313 people have died of Covid. With new recoveries, the tally touched 9,164. Still 784 are active patients.
Yavatmal: The district recorded three deaths, all men, from Pusad, Wani and Kalamb, taking the toll to 397. Out of the 357 reports, 52 tested positive. Currently, there are 340 active positive patients undergoing treatment.
Amravati: Thirty-nine new cases took the district's caseload to 19,142 on Wednesday even as the death toll remained constant at 393 for the second successive day. Recoveries of 30 patients took the total to 18,327. This left 422 active cases under treatment.
Wardha: District’s cases rose to 8,784 with new 34 ones, while 19 were discharged and recoveries reached 8,209 on Wednesday. At present, there are 308 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the district.
Chandrapur: On Wednesday, 54 were discharged, while 27 tested Covid positive in the district. No deaths were reported. The Covid total has now climbed to 21,978 with the ones discharged at 20,978. There are at present 644 active patients.