Nagpur: The week-long trend of fewer cases and deaths in five districts of Amravati division, and more cases in six districts of Nagpur ended on Wednesday. Districts in Amravati division also reported high number of Covid-19 cases and deaths, with all 11 districts now reporting new cases and deaths in Vidarbha.
After yesterday’s highest ever 170 deaths in a day, Wednesday saw 167 deaths. Nagpur accounted for 57 of them, while all others were from semi-urban and rural parts of Vidarbha, which is an alarming fact.
Bhandara reported 24 deaths in a day, Gondia 20, and Chandrapur reported 13 deaths. Most of them were from rural parts. Amravati, where cases and deaths were under control for two weeks, reported 13 deaths and 649 new cases.
Yavatmal once again reported 13 deaths, Akola 8 and Buldhana 2. With 167 deaths in a day, Vidarbha’s death toll has reached 10,499. The region has reported 500 deaths in last four days. Case fatality rate, however, remained 1.7% as new cases are more.
Overall, 13,531 new cases were reported in 11 districts of Vidarbha region on Wednesday. This took total Covid-19 case load above 6.17 lakh. With 7,437 patients recovering in a day, total 4.92 lakh have recovered. For the first time, the recovery rate of Vidarbha dropped below 80% mark on Wednesday.
The region had conducted highest 70,000+ tests in 24 hours on Tuesday. But tests reduced to 57,433 on Wednesday. Barring Nagpur and Bhandara, no district in the region conducted more than 5,000 tests. Rapid Antigen Test count has grown significantly across the region.
The trend of fewer recoveries and more cases continued to add to the number of under-treatment patients. Total 1,13,636 patients are under treatment now across Vidarbha. Though, majority of these are under home isolation, the load on hospitals is increasing significantly now.
Bhandara: Record breaking 24 deaths were reported in a single day on Wednesday. The death toll reached 472. With 1,478 new cases and 835 recoveries, Bhandara now has 11,507 patients under treatment, second highest in Vidarbha after Nagpur.
Gondia: The district reported 20 deaths. Deceased include two youths of 29 and 35 years, and other 18 were above 50. Gondia’s death toll reached 265. With 22,802 new cases and 16,844 recoveries, now 5,693 patients are under treatment, with 4,393 of them in home isolation.
Gadchiroli: Eight deaths and 305 new cases were reported in a day in Gadchiroli. Total 71 patients recovered. The death toll of the tribal district reached 165. Total 2,168 patients are still under treatment.
Akola: After reporting less than 300 cases a day last week, Akola has once again reported a spike in new cases. Total 446 new cases were reported on Wednesday. Four deaths were also reported. Now, the district has 4,001 patients under treatment.
Washim: Record 542 new cases were reported in a day on Wednesday in Washim. Total 160 patients recovered in a day. Washim was the only district in Vidarbha to report no death due to Covid-19 on Wednesday. The district has 20,221 cases, 17,143 recoveries, 211 deaths and 2,866 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: The district reported 676 new cases, 346 recoveries and 2 deaths on Wednesday. Now, Buldhana has 48,122 total cases of Covid-19 including 42,122 recoveries, 315 deaths and 5,685 patients still under treatment.
Chandrapur: In all, 1,235 tested positive on Wednesday. There were 332 recoveries and 13 deaths.
Amravati: The district today recorded 649 new cases and 13 deaths that took the caseload to 53,963 and toll to 739.
Yavatmal: The toll rose to 798 after 13 deaths on Wednesday. Out of 3,376 reports, 790 were found positive.
Wardha: There were 13 deaths and 754 positive cases on Wednesday. In all, 399 patients were discharged.