Nagpur: All the 11 districts of Vidarbha reported Covid-19 deaths on Friday for the second day in a row. Nagpur accounted for 64 of the total 121 deaths reported during the day. Bhandara, which has emerged as latest hotspot of Vidarbha, reported 13 deaths, highest ever for the district.
Yavatmal once again reported 11 deaths, while nine patients died in Chandrapur. Wardha (6), Gondia and Buldhana (4 each), Akola, Amravati and Washim (3 each) and Gadchiroli reported one death. Vidarbha reported more than 100 deaths for the third day in a row. This took cumulative toll to 9,745 for case fatality rate of 1.7%.
The region reported record 11,836 new cases on Friday. The number of new cases is rising daily for the last five days.
On the other hand, number of recovered patients is going down. On Friday, 5102 patients recovered. Now, out of 5.54 lakh patients reported so far, 4.57 lakh have recovered. The recovery rate has come under 83%.
Now, 87,021 patients are under-treatment in Vidarbha as on April 9, the highest so far and more than 15% of total cases reported till date. In some relief, a majority of them are not hospitalized.
Vidarbha conducted 65,296 tests on Friday, which is also a record. Nagpur district conducted highest 22,797 tests, followed by 9,220 in Bhandara while Buldhana conducted 5,411 tests.
Bhandara: A never before spike of 1,217 cases was reported in the district on Friday. Record 9,220 tests were done in the district. The day saw death of 13 patients. Now, Bhandara has 25,821 cases, including 16,731 recoveries and 394 deaths. Now, 8,696 patients are under treatment, which is the highest in Vidarbha after Nagpur.
Gondia: Four patients, including a 35-year-old man from Gondia city, died on Friday, taking the toll of district to 211. With 663 new cases and 27 recoveries in a day, the caseload and recoveries reached 19,459 and 15,784, respectively. Now, 3,464 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Three men (44, 65 and 66) died in Akola on Friday, taking the toll of district to 492. With 272 new cases and 219 recoveries, Akola’s caseload and recoveries increased to 30,128 and 25,815 respectively. Now, 3,821 patients are under treatment. The district performed l3,573 tests in the last 24 hours.
Washim: The district reported less than 200 new cases after three days on Friday. After 196 new cases, he caseload increased to 18,200. Recoveries touched 15,978 after 323 patients were discharged on Friday. Three deaths reported on Friday took the toll to 202. Now, 2019 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Four patients, including a 32-year-old man, died in Buldhana on Friday, taking the toll to 299. With 619 new cases and 784 recoveries; Buldhana now has 5,745 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 229 new cases, 71 recoveries and a death on Friday. Now, 1,193 patients are under treatment while the caseload is 11,831, including 10,513 recoveries and 125 deaths till date.
Amravati: The Covid-19 death toll of the district reached the 700-mark with 3 deaths on Friday even as a spike of 425 cases took the caseload to 51,525. With 320 people getting discharge today, the total recoveries reached 47,837. This left 2,988 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district recorded 11 deaths on Friday, which took the toll to 729. The administration received 3,404 test reports on Friday of which 518 (340 men and 178 women) were found positive. Currently there are 3,170 active positive patients of whom 1,725 are in hospitals, while 1,445 are in home quarantine. Out of the 32,703 positive patients, 28,808, including 505 on Friday, have recovered. The district has a positivity rate of 10.74% while the death rate is 2.22%.
The district collector Amol Yedge has issued orders to seal the district borders. The sub-divisional officer Aniruddha Bakshi has been authorised to finalize the containment zones and areas under his jurisdiction as Yavatmal reported 179 positive patients on Friday. The restrictions will continue till April 30 and those found guilty of flouting the rules would be penalised.
Chandrapur: The Covid cases in Chandrapur skyrocketed to 784 on Friday. This is the highest figure of single-day infections in Chandrapur. It is for the fourth time in a week when the single-day figure has touched the high of pandemic. There were 342 recoveries and 9 deaths during the day. The toll has risen to 465, while active cases have climbed to 4,227. Caseload has now reached 31,952, while total recoveries amount to 27,260.
Wardha: With 424 more testing positive for coronavirus, the tally went to 21,775 on Friday. 6 more people died and the toll reached to 489. Meanwhile, 303 patients were discharged and recoveries increased to 18,934 and 2,352 patients are active positive in the district.