Nagpur: The 11 districts of Vidarbha surpassed the highest number of tests and new cases in the year-long pandemic within a day by recording 6,256 cases from 42,686 tests. A day before, the region reported 5,113 positive cases from 36,779 tests. The fatalities too touched a new high of 44 in the second wave within a day.
Yavatmal conducted 6,181 tests which was the highest after Nagpur in terms of the population.
Nagpur too breached the record of highest single day caseload within 24 hours of reporting its highest ever cases. Yet, the district’s 3,370 cases were detected from the 15,000 tests. This took the positivity rate to 22.46% for the district. The spike came on a day when the civic body imposed even stricter restrictions to prevent further spread of Covid1-9. Though people largely remained indoors, there doesn’t appear to be any weakening of the Covid chain.
The 44 deaths were from Nagpur (16), Wardha (5), Chandrapur (2), Amravati (6), Yavatmal (4), Washim (1) Akola (6) and Buldhana (4). This took the toll to 7,876.
New cases were from Nagpur (3,370), Bhandara (149), Wardha (252), Gondia (39), Chandrapur (164), Gadchiroli (34), Akola (470), Amaravati (406), Yavatmal (435), Buldhana (690) and Washim (247). This takes the total to 3,86,943.
At some districts, recoveries were more than the new cases. The 3,909 patients discharged were from Nagpur (1216), Bhandara (38), Wardha (194), Gondia (15), Chandrapur (84), Gadchiroli (7), Akola (485), Amaravati (440), Yavatmal (1007), Buldhana (304) and Washim (119). Now, 3,37,184 have recovered while 41,882 are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: No Covid death was reported and the toll remained at 108. The new case count increased by 34, the lowest among all Vidarbha districts. At the same time, 7 recoveries were reported. The district now has 267 active cases, while total cases are 9,966. So far, 9,591 defeated Covid and were declared recovered in the district.
Washim: The district reported one Covid death and cases increased by 247. The district reported 119 recoveries. Death toll is 167. New cases took the tally to 11,892, discharged count rose to 10,368 while 1,356 are active.
Buldhana: Four Covid deaths took place while 690 new cases were reported. According to the official data, the district now has 26,920 cases, 22,683 recoveries, including 119 of Wednesday, 226 deaths and 4,011 active cases.
Bhandara: The district didn’t report any Covid death. Day’s cases were at 149 and recoveries 38. The district has 701 active cases. Total caseload is 14,631 cases and 13,601 discharged patients. Covid toll is 329.
Gondia: The district didn’t report any Covid death. It saw 15 recoveries and 39 new cases. Number of patients under treatment are 302. The new positive patients took the tally to 14,844. So far 187 succumbed, while 14,355 recovered.
Akola: The district reported 470 cases and 6 Covid deaths on Wednesday. Also, 485 recoveries were reported. The case tally climbed to 22,708. So far, 413 people have died of Covid. With new recoveries, the tally touched 17,255. Active cases are 5,040.
Amravati: There were 406 new cases and 6 deaths, which took the district's caseload to 43,757 and toll to 614 on Wednesday. Recovery of 440 patients took the total to 38,836, making the recovery rate 88.75%. This left 4,307 active cases, including 3,233 in home isolation.
Chandrapur: There were 164 new cases, while 84 patients were discharged, leaving 973 under treatment. Two deaths were reported and the toll climbed to 406. The caseload has risen to 25,128, while total recoveries have grown to 23,749.
Yavatmal: There were 4 deaths, 435 cases and 1,007 recoveries in the district today. 6,181 test reports were received. 2,418 patients are undergoing treatment currently. The caseload is now 22,889 and 19,947 people have recovered in all. The toll has reached 527.
Meanwhile, the district administration has declared village Watkhed in Babhulgaon and Gangaon in Arni as containment zones. The Chillara Vikreda Association and Bhartiya Janata Party have jointly decided to organise Covid-19 test centres in the city to fulfil the order issued by the district collector to get all the businesspeople tested in the next five days.
Wardha: The district recorded 252 cases, 194 recoveries and five deaths due to coronavirus on Wednesday. The caseload of district is now 15,452 and recoveries 13,666. At present, 1,390 patients are undergoing treatment.
Three men (35, 69 and 71-year-old) from Wardha and two men (66 and 70-year-old) from Arvi comprised the deaths, taking the toll to 396. The cases were reported from Wardha (110), Deoli (53), Arvi (34), Hinganghat (30), Karanja (10), Samudrapur and Selu (6 each) and Ashti (3).