Nagpur: Number of new Covid-19 cases once again surpassed the 3,000-mark on Sunday, and reached 3,278 in Vidarbha. With 1,848 patients recovering, the region’s recovery rate dropped under 90% for the first time since October 31.
Now, out of 3.20 lakh total cases till date, 2.85 lakh have recovered completely. Around 25,000 are under treatment. The only respite is that more than 80% of these patients are not hospitalized. They are either in home isolation or at Covid care centres.
Number of daily cases was going down constantly from February 24 to 27, but the graph again went upwards with 400 more cases than Saturday. Once again, Amravati division alone accounted for 2,078 of Sunday’s total cases, which means nearly 64% cases came from the five districts of Amravati division.
Though the number of tests has increased in Amravati division, the sample positivity rate is more or less the same as it was a week before. On Sunday, Amravati district conducted 2,505 tests and 892 of them (35.6%) were positive. 2,171 tests were conducted in Akola and 473 (21.7%) of them were positive.
Yavatmal (16.7%) and Washim (16.3%) also reported high sample positivity. Buldhana was the only district in Amravati division with a less than 10% positivity rate, which is an indicator of control over spread of virus there. 3,600 test reports were received in the district on Sunday and 340 of them (9.4%) were positive.
In Nagpur division, barring Wardha (13.1%), no district had more than 10% sample positivity rate. Even Nagpur, where 899 new cases were reported on Sunday, had conducted 11,542 tests which means only 7.8% of the samples were positive. On the same lines, 22 out of 885 tested positive in Bhandara (2.5%), 11 of 420 in Gondia (2.6%), 70 out of 794 in Chandrapur (8.8%) and 33 out of 430 in Gadchiroli (7.8%).
In short, conditions are still worrisome in Amravati division but better in Nagpur division so far. In the last five days, cases have started increasing in Nagpur division too. Chandrapur reported 70 cases on Sunday, its highest this month. Gadchiroli (33) and Wardha (165) also reported a surge. Both the districts have started taking precautionary measures.
Amravati: Even after a week of lockdown there seems to be no remarkable drop in new cases and deaths as the district reported 892 cases and, for the third successive day, eight deaths on Sunday.
Yavatmal: The district has recorded three deaths on Sunday. The deceased are 76 year old man from the city, 62 year old man from Mahagaon and 70 year old woman from Maregaon. The death toll has become 465 so far.
Chandrapur: In all 70 people were tested positive, while 16 patients were discharged on Sunday, leaving 323 active cases in the district. There was no death reported during the day keeping the toll stable at 398.
Wardha: A 78-year-old man died on Sunday, taking the toll to 342. New 165 cases were detected positive and caseload reached 12,352 while 58 patients were discharged and recoveries increased to 10,894.
Gondia: In all, 420 tests were conducted in Gondia on Sunday. With 11 of them testing positive, the Covid-19 caseload reached 14,433 in the district. With three patients recovering from the disease, the total number of recovered patients reached 14,118. No death was reported. Gondia now has 130 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: The district conducted 885 tests in last 24 hours. Out of them, 22 tested positive. This took Bhandara’s Covid-19 caseload to 13674. With 18 patients recovering in a day on Sunday, total 13111 of these have recovered now. No death was reported from Bhandara on Sunday. Death toll is 328. Total 235 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Record 3,600 tests were conducted in Buldhana on Sunday. Out of them, 340 were positive. On the other hand, 284 patients recovered. A 62-year-old woman from Buldhana died during treatment. The caseload reached 18,668, with 15,776 recoveries and 193 deaths. Now, 2,699 patients are under treatment in Buldhana.
Washim: Three deaths, all elderly patients, were reported in Washim. This took the death toll to 160. Deceased persons include a 72-year-old man from Karanja, an 85-year-old man from Mangrul pir, and an 80-year-old woman from Parsani village in the district. All were admitted in the last 3 days. The district also reported 187 new cases and 41 recoveries. Now, Washim has 8,934 total cases, 7,354 of them have recovered, and 1,419 are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: On Sunday, 33 new Covid-19 patients were detected in the district. Also, 13 people were released from the hospital after recovering. Out of 9,568 total cases so far in the district, 9,344 have recovered. Now, 118 patients are under treatment. So far, a total of 106 deaths have been reported in the district. As a result, the corona recovery rate in the district is 97.66%, active patient rate is 1.23% and mortality 1.11%.
Akola: The district conducted 2,171 tests in the last 24 hours and 473 of them were positive, which is a serious concern for Akola. A 66-year-old woman died during treatment on Sunday. This took the death toll to 367. Now, Akola has 16,145 Covid-19 cases. Out of them, 12,302 have recovered and 3,476 patients are under treatment in the district.