Nagpur: Deaths due to Covid-19 are mounting in Vidarbha region at an alarming rate. With 147 patients dying on Sunday, the region reported its highest-ever fatalities since the pandemic started. The death toll of Vidarbha region surpassed the 10,000-mark to reach 10,020.
What’s more alarming is that the last 1,000 deaths were reported in just 9 days — from April 3 to April 11. The region reported its biggest-ever spike of new cases — 14,024 on Sunday. On the other hand, recoveries (6,877) were less than half of the new cases. Now, around 1 lakh patients are under treatment in Vidarbha.
Earlier, Nagpur used to account for more than 50% of the deaths in Vidarbha region because the city receives critical patients in tertiary healthcare hospitals. But on Sunday, Nagpur reported 63 deaths and the other 84 deaths were reported from rural parts of Vidarbha.
This is an indicator that Covid-19 has spread in rural Vidarbha now and is claiming lives rapidly. This is scarier for the region as many rural and tribal parts of Vidarbha lack high-quality healthcare facilities.
With more cases and fewer recoveries continuing, the recovery rate further dropped to 81%. Case fatality rate, despite more deaths, is still around 1.7%. Number of tests is also increasing. On Sunday, almost 70,000 samples were tested in the region.
As rapid antigen tests (RATs) are now allowed, the number of tests is set to grow in the coming week. Highest-ever 26,007 tests were done in Nagpur, followed by 8,519 in Buldhana, 8,469 in Bhandara and 4,002 in Yavatmal.
Nagpur reported 63 deaths, 2 less than Saturday. 36 of them were from Nagpur city, 20 from rural and 7 from other states/regions. Bhandara reported 15 deaths while Gondia 14 on Sunday. Chandrapur reported 11 deaths while Gadchiroli 7. In all, Nagpur division reported 112 of the 147 deaths, which is enough to indicate how serious the Covid-19 situation has become in the division. Amravati, on the other hand, reported 35 deaths.
Yavatmal: The Covid-19 graph of Yavatmal has gone up alarmingly to 720 new positive patients in the last 24 hours. On Sunday, 12 people died of Covid-19 which brought the toll to 749. The administration received 4,002 test reports. Currently there are 3,185 active positive patients of whom 1,891 are in hospitals and 1,294 are in home quarantine. Out of 34,050 patients so far, 30,119, including 668 on Sunday, have recovered. The positivity rate is 10.93% and the death rate is 2.19 %.
Chandrapur: There were 937 new cases, the highest so far in a day in the district, on Sunday. There were also 305 recoveries during the day, leaving 492 patients under treatment. There were 11 deaths, taking the toll to 492. The caseload has now risen to 33,529, while total recoveries amount to 27,759.
Wardha: The highest single-day spike of Covid cases was reported on Sunday with 511 new cases registered from the 8 tehsils, taking the caseload to 22,737. With 336 patients getting discharged, recoveries are now at 19,391 leaving 2,849 active cases.
Two women from Hinganghat died due to coronavirus during treatment and toll reached 497. On Sunday, 2,214 test reports were received and 282 men, 229 women were found positive. The patients are from Wardha (295), Hinganghat (106), Deoli (27), Selu (25), Samudrapur (17), Arvi and Karanja (12 each).
Amravati: New cases and deaths are on the rise even after stringent restrictions as the district reported 455 cases and 6 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday. With these, the caseload went up to 52,378 and the toll to 711. Just 102 recoveries took the total to 48,175, leaving 3,492 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: The district reported record 15 deaths due to Covid-19 on Sunday. Now, 9,811 patients are under treatment. Death toll reached 420. In the last 3 days, Bhandara has reported 40 deaths.
Gondia: An unprecedented 14 deaths in a day rocked Gondia district on Sunday. This took the death toll of Gondia to 229, which was under 200 just 3 days ago. Now, 4,520 patients are under treatment in the district.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 7 deaths for the first time in the pandemic. The deceased included a six-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man. 296 new cases and 102 recoveries were reported during the day. Now, the district has 1,576 patients under treatment.
Akola: Nine deaths and 399 new cases were reported in Akola. As many as 3,266 tests were done in the last 24 hours. Now, 3,909 patients are under treatment. The caseload reached 30,827 and recoveries reached 26,410. Death toll of Akola is at 508.
Washim: Four deaths and 416 new cases were reported in Washim. Now, 2,199 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Highest-ever 8,519 tests were done in Buldhana on Sunday. With 898 of them positive, now, total number of patients is 46,189 here. With 711 recoveries and 4 deaths on Sunday, 5,951 patients are now under treatment.