Nagpur: There was no let up from the Covid surge in Amravati and Nagpur with both the districts reporting just under 500 new cases on Monday. Vidarbha reported 1,244 new cases in a day, with Nagpur and Amravati districts together contributing 947 (76%).
Alarmed by the growing number of cases in Amravati, the district administration has imposed a night curfew. In Akola, nearly 40% samples tested positive on Monday. District collector Jitendra Papalkar issued a restraining order till February 28 in urban and rural areas of Akola.
However, in both districts, administration has ruled out possibility of a fresh lockdown.
“The curfew is aimed at controlling crowding at public and market places. It does not mean closing down businesses or markets, which will function as usual,” said Amravati district collector Shailesh Naval.
The orders are stricter in Akola. “Crowd of five or more people has been banned. Only 50 persons will be allowed for religious processions, festivals, ceremonies, get-togethers, mass events, meetings, gatherings and weddings. Big processions and rallies have been banned,” said Papalkar. Schools, colleges and coaching classes will be shut.
Amravati reported 449 cases and four deaths on Monday. Nagpur reported 498 cases and six deaths, including two patients coming from other divisions/states. Wardha reported two deaths and Akola one.
Buldhana (129) and Akola (86) were the two other districts reporting more than 50 cases.
In some relief, seven out of 11 districts reported less than 50 cases, with six of them reporting 10 or even less cases. Yavatmal reported 34, Bhandara (10), Wardha (10), Gondia (10), Gadchiroli (9), Washim (5), and Chandrapur (4).
Day’s 825 recoveries came from Nagpur (281), Amravati (336), Wardha (52), Akola (50), Buldhana (30), Yavatmal (29), Bhandara (21), Washim (12), Gondia (10), Gadchiroli (4) while Chandrapur did not report any recovery.
Out of the 2.86 lakh reported patients, 2.70 lakh have recovered in the region whose recovery rate is 94.5%. The fresh surge has brought it down in the last eight days.
Maharashtra state average recovery rate is nearing 96% while the national average recovery rate is more than 97%. Case fatality rate of Vidarbha is 2.48%, which is equal to state average.
More than 8540 patients are under treatment in Vidarbha, including 75% in home isolation.
Wardha: A 49-year-old man from Wardha and a 65-year-old man from Hinganghat died on Monday, taking the district’s toll to 322. The caseload increased to 10,741 after 10 out of 111 samples tested positive on Monday. With 52 patients discharged during the day, the recoveries reached 9,956. Now, there are 463 patients under treatment. Chandrapur: There were only four new cases but no recoveries on Monday. Toll remained unchanged at 393 as no deaths were reported during the day. The caseload is 23,238. After 22,738 recoveries, there are 107 active cases in the district.
Amravati: The district’s caseload reached 25,743 after a spike of 449 new cases. Four deaths during the day took the toll to 439. The day also saw discharge to 336 patients, taking the recoveries to 24,090 for a recovery rate of 95.56%. Now, there are 1,214 active cases in the district.
Yavatmal: The district administration received 126 reports, out of which 34 tested positive. Out of the 15,272 patients detected in the district, 14228 have recovered, including 29 on Monday. Now, there are 606 patients under treatment.
Akola: Out of the 225 samples collected in 24 hours, 86 tested positive, for sample positivity rate of about 40%. The district’s caseload has reached 12,481, out of which 11,190 have recovered. An 81-year-old man from Hiwarkhed died during treatment on Monday, taking the district’s toll to 344. Now, 947 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district conducted 434 tests in the last 24 hours and 129 of them tested positive, which means 30% samples tested positive. The caseload reached 14,944. Recoveries touched 14,145, including 30 on Monday. No death was reported. Now, 622 patients are under treatment.
Washim: The district reported five new cases and 12 recoveries on Monday. No death was reported, keeping the toll unchanged at 156. Out of the 7,339 patients reported so far, 7,062 have recovered, leaving 120 under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported nine new cases while four patients recovered on Monday. There has been no death in February so far. The district’s caseload is 9,412, including 9,282 recoveries, 105 deaths and 25 active cases.
Gondia: Ten new cases and 10 recoveries were reported on Monday. Toll remained unchanged at 183 as no death was reported during the day. Out of the 14,300 patients detected so far, 1,4035 have recovered and 82 are under treatment.
Bhandara: The district reported 10 new cases and 21 recoveries on Monday. The caseload reached 13,384, including 12,961 recoveries. There was no death on Monday and the toll remained 326. With 97 patients under treatment, Bhandara is the newest district in Vidarbha to have less than 100 active cases.