NAGPUR: Breaking all records,
Vidarbha region reported 170 deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours, on Tuesday. Alarmingly, 105 of them came from rural parts of eight districts in Vidarbha.
Nagpur, which used to account for more than half of the
total death toll earlier, reported only 65 of Tuesday’s 170 deaths. These include 36 from Nagpur city, 22 from rural and 7 from other state or districts. All other deaths came from eight districts, with Wardha and Washim reporting no deaths.
While Nagpur city, with more than 30 lakh population reported 36 deaths;
Yavatmal, with less than half of Nagpur’s population, reported 23 deaths.
Gadchiroli, with even lesser population than Yavatmal, reported 20 deaths in a day.
Chandrapur reported 14, followed by 12 each in Bhandara and Gondia. In all, Nagpur division alone accounted for 123 of 170 deaths in region.
With 13,618 new cases reported in a day, total cases surpassed the 6 lakh mark on Tuesday. Last one lakh cases came in just nine days. Even during the September 2020 peak, the fastest one lakh cases had taken 24 days.
There were two positive developments. Number of recovered patients increased to 7,650 on Tuesday. This took total recoveries to 4.85 lakh, but as new cases are more, the recovery rate further dropped to 80%.
Vidarbha region conducted more than 70,000 tests for the first time in this pandemic on Tuesday.
With lowering recovery rate, the number of under-treatment patients is increasing daily. On Tuesday, 1,07,679 patients were under treatment. As a result of this, more patients are requiring hospitalization now. With this, burden on health care facilities is increasing.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 20 deaths in a day – a never before spike in Covid-19 deaths. The youngest deceased was a 27-year-old boy while the oldest was a 78-year-old woman. Now, Gadchiroli’s death toll has reached 157. Total 370 new cases, and 108 recoveries were reported. Now, 1,911 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: With 1,135 new cases, 837 recoveries and 12 deaths were reported in Bhandara on Tuesday. This took total death toll of the district to 448. Cases surpassed 30,000 mark while recoveries are still under 20,000. Bhandara district has 10,888 patients under treatment, the highest in Vidarbha after Nagpur.
Gondia: Tuesday saw 12 deaths due to Covid-19 in Gondia district. Most of the deceased were senior citizens, except four under-50. Total cases reached 22,139 with Tuesday’s 742 cases, and recoveries reached 16,532. Now, 5,362 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Death toll due to Covid-19 in Akola on Tuesday was 12. Six of the deceased were under 50, including a 36-year-old man. Akola’s death toll reached 528. With 330 patients recovering in a day, total 3,773 are under treatment. This number is reducing daily, which is positive development in Akola.
Washim: Total 296 new cases and 234 recoveries marked Tuesday. No death was reported so the death toll remained unchanged at 211. Total 2,484 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district reported 916 new cases, out of 5,907 tests done in last 24 hours. Four deaths were also reported, which took death toll to 313. Now, Buldhana has 5,357 patients under treatment. Total case load reached 47,446, highest after Nagpur and
Amravati in Vidarbha. Recovery count is 41,776 with 981 recovering on Tuesday.
Amravati: The district reported 522 cases and eight deaths which took the caseload to 53,314 and toll to 726. Besides the eight deaths, there were six more patients from other districts.
Yavatmal: While 23 deaths were recorded on Tuesday, 953 tested positive which is also a record. The district’s toll is now 785.
Wardha: In all, 481 tested positive on Tuesday, taking the total cases to 23,474 while 167 patients were discharged and recoveries reached to 19,843. No death was reported on Tuesday.
Chandrapur: The Covid case count on Tuesday was 1,010. There were 335 recoveries, while 14 deaths were registered leaving 6,549 active cases.