Nagpur: The 11 districts of Vidarbha posted 4,840 recoveies on Thursday, which is the highest in the current surge of the pandemic. On the other hand, the region reported 74 deaths, second time after March 22, taking the Covid fatalities in the month to 963 and cumulative toll to 8,351.
On Thursday, Nagpur district reported 74 deaths – highest in the region. It was followed by Amravati (6), Yavatmal (5), Buldhana (5), Washim (4), Wardha (4), Chandrapur (2) and Akola (1). Case fatality rate of Vidarbha was coming down daily due to more cases and comparatively fewer deaths. It is stable at 1.9% which is an alarming sign for the region. More deaths are being reported in Nagpur city, which is another cause for concern.
Overall, 6,762 new cases were reported in the region, second highest after 6,969 on Wednesday. For the first time in the pandemic, the number of Covid-19 tests surpassed 50,000 mark in Vidarbha on Thursday. The 11 district together conducted 51,432 tests. Nagpur conducted highest 16,064 tests and other districts in the region too have increased testing.
Akola, Yavatmal and Buldhana conducted more than 5,000 tests on Thursday, while Amravati conducted 4,974. In Nagpur division too, Bhandara (2,261), Chandrapur (3,200) and Wardha (2,158) increased the tests significantly.
The number of patients under treatment surpassed the 60,000-mark and 61,444 on Thursday. It means 14% patients of the total cases reported till date are under treatment. According to WHO parameters, this number is very high.
However, more than 75% patients are recovering in home isolation. Early reporting is saving many patients from getting severe disease but the number of patients with moderate and severe symptoms has increased in last few days. This is due to the delay in getting test results in most districts of Vidarbha.
Akola: A 70-year-old patient died on Thursday, taking the district toll to 435. With 439 new cases and 364 recoveries on Thursday, Akola has 25,953 cases and 19,377 recoveries while 6141 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Daily caseload is not reducing in Buldhana though testing has gone up significantly. Out of 5,722 tests conducted on Thursday, 773 returned positive taking the cases to 33,102. Now, Buldhana is the third worst-hit district in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati. On the other hand, 802 patients recovered in a day. Five men (82, 76, 72, 49 and 29) died during treatment on Thursday. Now, 6021 patients are under treatment.
Washim: The district reported sudden spike of 306 cases and four deaths on Thursday, highest toll in a day for Washim. Deceased included 4 men (65, 70, 66 and 80). Now, the toll is 180, caseload 13,994, recoveries 11790 and 2,013 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 56 new cases, 24 recoveries and no death on Thursday. Now, Gadchiroli has 10,328 cases, lowest in Vidarbha till date. Out of them, 9,828 have recovered. The district has 109 deaths till date and 391 patients are under treatment, once again lowest in the region.
Gondia: Out of 1,894 tests conducted on Thursday, 88 came positive, taking the caseload to 15,330. With 49 patients recovering in a day, 14,565 have recovered so far. No death was reported. So far, 187 patients have died while 578 are under treatment.
Bhandara: The district reported 244 new cases – a sudden spike on Thursday taking total case load to 15865. With 71 recoveries and no death, now the district has 14069 recoveries and 332 deaths reported till date. Total 1464 patients are under treatment.
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Yavatmal: The district recorded five Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, which took the toll to 599. The district administration received 5,324 test reports, of which 439 (318 men and 121 women) were positive. Currently there are 2,524 active cases in the district. The caseload reached 26,275 patients, of which 23,155 (including 321 on Thursday)have recovered. Yavatmal city had the most cases — 139 — in the last 24 hours.
Chandrapur: There were 245 new cases and 66 recoveries, in addition to 2 deaths on Thursday. The death toll has grown to 415, while the number of active cases has climbed to 1,657. The Covid caseload has now reached 26,489 and the recoveries amount to 24,417.
Amravati: Six Covid deaths for the second successive day took the district's toll to 647 on Thursday, even as 342 new cases took the caseload to 46,997. With 377 staging recovery, the total went up to 42,229, leaving 4,121 active cases.
Wardha: The district registered 4 deaths due to coronavirus, 251 new cases and 234 discharges on Thursday. 1,716 Covid patients are under treatment.
A 60-hour lockdown will be imposed in the district from Saturday 8pm to Tuesday 8am during which all essentials shops, medical stores and MIDC industrial area will remain open. District administration has announced fine of Rs2,000 for violating the home quarantine rule.
Caseload of the district is 17,487 and recoveries are 15,351. Two men (53 and 68 years old) from Wardha, a 65-year-old man from Deoli and a 77-year-old man from Arvi died due to coronavirus during treatment, and the toll reached 420. On Thursday, 2,158 test reports were received and 151 men, 100 women were positive. The cases were reported from Wardha (114), Arvi (39), Deoli (33), Hinganghat (27), Karanja (15), Selu (9), Ashti (8) and Samudrapur (6).