Nagpur: Vidarbha’s single-day caseload jumped by nearly 1,000 following a substantial increase in daily testing across the 11 districts on Tuesday. A day after cases came down to 2,495, the day’s tally increased to 3,435. Covid fatalities, too, were on the higher side at 33, with Amravati reporting the most number of deaths (12).
A record 28,133 tests were performed on Tuesday, as compared to 16,218 a day before. The rise in testing has ensured positive asymptomatic cases don’t go unreported and it will also help protect the vulnerable groups, officials said.
With the prevalence of Covid infection increasing in urban and rural areas of Akola and deaths due to lack of proper treatment being a distinct possibility, Akola district collector Jitendra Papalkar appealed to citizens to get tested for Covid-19 as soon as they experience any symptoms, and to get admitted to hospitals if they test positive.
Bulk of the day’s fatalities were reported in Amravati division, where only Buldhana didn’t see any Covid death in the day. The 33 deaths were from Nagpur (10), Wardha (3), Gondia (1), Gadchiroli (2), Amravati (12), Yavatmal (2), Akola (2) and Washim (1). The region’s toll is 7,447 now.
The 3,435 new cases were from Nagpur (995), Bhandara (46), Wardha (160), Gondia (13), Chandrapur (64), Gadchiroli (10), Akola (407), Amravati (636), Yavatmal (511), Buldhana (427) and Washim (166). This took the total cases to 3,25,889.
Also, the 2,207 recoveries were from Nagpur (579), Bhandara (20), Wardha (163), Gondia (5), Chandrapur (22), Gadchiroli (7), Akola (312), Amravati (317), Yavatmal (197), Buldhana (354) and Washim (234), taking the total to 2,91,926. Now, 26,625 are under treatment.
Wardha: Two men and a woman died due to coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the toll to 347 while 160 people tested positive, pushing the caseload up to 12,582. Meanwhile, 163 patients were discharged and recoveries reached to 11,179.
Amravati: A dozen deaths on Tuesday took the district's toll to 533 while 636 new cases took the caseload to 36,452. 317 got discharged today, taking the recoveries to 29,848. This left 6,071 under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district recorded two deaths, which makes the death toll 470. Another 511 people (303 men and 208 women) tested positive on Tuesday. Currently, 1,803 are undergoing treatment in the district. Out of the 18,086 total cases, 15,816, including 194 on Tuesday, have recovered.
Chandrapur: With the detection of 64 new cases and discharge of 22 patients on Tuesday, the district now has 364 active patients. The toll remained at 399 with no death during the day.
Gadchiroli: Two Covid deaths were reported, which took the toll to 108. There were 10 new cases, the lowest among all Vidarbha districts. Seven recoveries were reported. The district now has 131 active cases, while total cases are 9,593. So far, 9,354 patients have recovered in the district.
Washim: The district reported one death, 166 cases and 234 recoveries. Death toll is now 161 and the case tally is 9,236. Recoveries now amount to 7,685, while 1,389 patients are undergoing treatment.
Buldhana: No Covid death was reported, but there were a whopping 427 new cases. According to official data, the district now has 19,213 cases, 16,418 recoveries (including 354 on Tuesday), 194 deaths and 2,601 active cases.
Bhandara: The district didn’t report any Covid death. Day’s cases were 46, and recoveries 20. The district has 269 active cases. Caseload is up to 13,746, and 13,149 have recovered in total. The Covid toll is 328.
Gondia: The district reported one Covid death. It saw 5 recoveries and 13 new cases. Number of patients under treatment are 141. The new positive patients took the tally to 14,456. So far 186 have succumbed to Covid, while 14,129 have recovered.
Akola: The district reported 407 cases and two Covid deaths on Wednesday. Also, 312 recoveries were reported. The caseload climbed to 17,015. So far, 372 people have died here of Covid. The tally of recoveries touched 12,886. The active cases are 3,757.