Barring Buldhana, Covid surge down in all dists

Nagpur: The Covid-19 scenario in Vidarbha showed remarkable improvement in all districts, except Buldhana, on Friday. Of the over 50,000 tests conducted in a day, 7,721 returned positive. Positivity rate differs for each district, but improved in most of them.
There were 12,239 patients who recovered in a day. The region reported 171 deaths, the lowest toll in a day since April 14.
Amravati division, which was witnessing a new surge-like spike since last 10 days, registered a decline, increase in recovery rate and most importantly, a significant reduction in deaths due to Covid-19. Cases came down under 1,000-mark in Amravati (922) district after a long time. Yavatmal reported 658 cases, Akola 659 and Washim 656.
Buldhana was the only district in Amravati division, and second only after Nagpur to report four-figure increase in Covid-19 cases. Buldhana conducted 6,560 tests in last 24 hours and registered 1,228 cases.
In Nagpur division, Nagpur district reported 1,996 cases on Friday, its lowest ever new cases since March 11. Bhandara (100) and Gondia (139) and Gadchiroli (191) reported record decrease in cases, while Wardha (485) and Chandrapur (687) too registered a dip.
The trend of more recoveries and fewer cases for the 14th consecutive day improved the recovery rate of region to 88.5%, which is equal to the state average. The national average is around 83%. As expected, the number of patients undergoing treatment reduced further and came down under one lakh on Friday. Of the 98,499 patients under treatment, majority are under home isolation.
Nagpur district reported 70 deaths on Friday. The deaths in Chandrapur (19), Amravati (18), Gadchiroli (16), Akola (13), and Wardha (12) were less than the daily average in these districts. Bhandara (2), Gondia (2), Yavatmal (8), Buldhana (9) and Washim (2) reported deaths in single digits. Overall, case fatality rate was 1.74%. Fatalities are expected to reduce further in next two weeks as cases are constantly going down.
Amravati: After ten consecutive days, the Covid spike fell below 1,000 to 922 on Friday, taking the caseload to 80,658. A record 1123 recoveries took the total to 68,553. Deaths came down to 18 from Thursday’s 24 to take the total toll to 1,213. This left 10,892 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: With 8 deaths on Friday, the toll has reached 1,588. The district administration received 8,451 reports on Friday of which 658 (410 men and 248 women) were found positive. Currently there are 5387 active positive patients of whom 2439 are in the hospitals and 2948 are in home quarantine.
Wardha: 12 deaths, 485 new cases and 750 recoveries were registered on Friday in the district. The caseload reached 44,142, recoveries 37,341 and toll 1,103 leaving 5,698 active positive under treatment.
Chandrapur: There were 687 new detections and 1,067 recoveries on Friday leaving 10,856 active cases under treatment. The day witnessed 19 deaths and toll climbed to 1,211. The Covid total has risen to 75,885 with recoveries 63,818.
Akola: The district reported 659 new cases, 570 recoveries and 13 deaths on Friday, taking the caseload to 49,212, including 41,563 recoveries and 864 deaths. Now, 6,758 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district reported 1,228 cases and nine deaths on Friday. The toll has reached 501 and caseload to 76,166. Buldhana has third highest number of Covid-19 cases in Vidarbha, but when it comes to toll, it’s at the 10th spot. Now, 5,729 patients are under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 656 new cases, highest in last one week, on Friday. The caseload has reached 34,685. With 442 recoveries, total reached 29,799. The toll mounted to 356, which is lowest in Vidarbha, after two more deaths on Friday. Now, 4,529 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: There were 191 new cases, which is the lowest in May so far. On the other hand, 572 patients recovered. Toll for the day was 16, which took the total to 603. Now, 3,148 patients are under-treatment.
Gondia: The district reported 139 new cases from 1,805 tests conducted in last 24 hours. The caseload reached 39,083. Two deaths took the total to 624. On the other hand, 513 patients recovered in a day, taking the total to 34,758. Now, 3,701 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: Of the 1,200 tests done in a day, 100 came positive. Two deaths were reported, which is the lowest toll in a day in last two months. Bhandara now has 3,814 patients under treatment.