Nagpur: The Covid-19 situation in Amravati district, which seemed under good control in January, has become alarming in the last eight days. The district has been reporting more than 100 cases since January 28. Amravati has also reported 10 deaths in last six days which indicates fresh surge in infections.
Overall, the situation is well under control across Vidarbha. On Thursday too, no other district barring Nagpur and Amravati reported more than 50 new cases.
The region reported 563 new cases on Thursday, while 590 patients recovered in a day, taking the recovery rate to 95.3%. The state average is 95.7% while national average is above 97%.
After recording 13 deaths each in the last two days, the fatalities in Vidarbha reduced to eight on Thursday. Four deaths took place in Nagpur district — 2 in Nagpur city while two deceased were patients from other state/divisions.
Nagpur rural reported no death on Thursday. Bhandara, Gondia, Amravati and Wardha reported one death each, taking Vidarbha toll to 7,010. The case fatality rate of region is 2.54%, again higher than state and national average.
Now, total 5,844 patients are under treatment in Vidarbha which is about 2% of total cases reported till date. Out of these, 70% patients are under home isolation. So, hospitalization rate is very less.
Day’s 563 new cases came from Nagpur (255), Amravati (158), Wardha (37), Buldhana (36), Akola (20), Yavatmal (14), Washim (13), Bhandara (12), Chandrapur (10), Gondia (4), and Gadchiroli (4).
Day’s 590 recoveries came from Nagpur (231), Amravati (153), Yavatmal (47), Buldhana (37), Wardha (29), Akola (22), Gondia (21), Bhandara (16), Chandrapur (14), Gadchiroli (11), and Washim (9). Now, out of 2,75,374 cases, 2,62,519 have recovered.
Wardha: A 50-year-old woman from Samudrapur died taking the toll to 310. Total 37 patients tested positive taking the caseload to 10,198. Meanwhile, 29 patients were discharged so the recoveries increased to 9,533. There are 355 active patients under treatment here.
Yavatmal: The district administration received 302 test reports of which 14 were found positive. Currently, 433 active positive patients are undergoing treatment in the district. The death toll is 431 in the district.
Amravati: A spike of 158 cases — the fourth 100+ spike in the last eight days — took the district’s caseload to 22,434 even as 153 recoveries kept the things in balance. Total recoveries here have reached 21,659. The death of a 64-year-old man from Aasra Mozari village took the toll to 423.
Chandrapur: There were 10 new cases and 22 recoveries, leaving 110 active patients in the district. No death was reported. Cumulative Covid figure has now climbed to 23,105 while total recoveries amount to 22,603.
Bhandara: The district reported 12 new cases and 16 patients recovered. A death was also reported. Bhandara has 13,265 cases, 12,808 recoveries and 323 deaths. Now, 134 patients are under treatment. Recovery rate is 96.5%.
Gondia: Four new cases and 21 recoveries were reported on Thursday in Gondia. A person died during treatment. This took death toll of the district to 183. Out of 14,213 patients, 13,928 have recovered so far. Now, 102 are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 4 new cases and 11 recoveries on Thursday. No death was reported. Now, the district has 9,379 cases, 9,229 recoveries and 105 deaths. Only 45 patients are under treatment in Gadchiroli, lowest in Vidarbha.
Akola: The district reported 20 new cases and 22 recoveries on Thursday. This took caseload to 11,707 and recoveries to 10,655. With 338 deaths reported till date, 714 patients are under treatment.
Washim: Thirteen new patients and nine recoveries took total caseload to 7,189 and recoveries to 6,896 on Thursday. Now, 137 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district reported 36 new cases while37 patients recovered on Thursday. Total caseload reached 14,149 and recoveries to 13,648.