Region’s recovery rate surpasses 95% first time in second wave

Nagpur: New Covid-19 cases in the region dropped to 2,142 on Sunday while recoveries were 4,766, thus maintaining the trend of more recoveries than new detections. There were 52 fatalities on Sunday, which is the lowest toll in a day since March 18.
Out of the 10,78,935 patients reported so far in the region, 10,26,514 have recovered. The recovery rate has surpassed 95% for the first time in the second wave on Sunday to reach 95.14%, which is more than the average of state as well as country.
There were 13 deaths in Nagpur district — five were patients who were referred from the other states/districts to Nagpur for treatment. This means, the toll of region was 46 on Sunday. Rural parts continue to report more deaths than urban areas. But the number is declining, which is a strong indicator of better control in rural areas too.
The region conducted 43,223 tests in last 24 hours, which is a good number on a weekend. With 2,142 reports coming positive, the test was 5.64%. Number of under-treatment patients declined to 31,517, less than 3% of the total cases for the first time in two months.
Now, Amravati and Nagpur are the only two districts having more than 5,000 patients under treatment. Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli have less than 1,000 patients under treatment.
Akola: The district conducted 3,726 tests in last 24 hours and 239 of them tested positive, taking the caseload to 55,521. With 489 recoveries, the count increased to 49,846. One death reported during the day took the toll to 1,065. Now, 4,610 patients are under treatment here.
Buldhana: Of the 3,282 reports received on Sunday, 120 came positive. The total case count reached 84,665, including 594 recoveries and eight deaths, 81442 of them have recovered and 601 have died. Total 2622 patients are still under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 108 new cases, 124 recoveries and two deaths on Sunday. Now, the caseload is 39,949, including 37,054 recoveries and 457 deaths. Now, 2,437 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: There were 65 new detections on Sunday, taking the caseload to 29,302. With 195 recoveries in a day, the total reached 27,668. Four deaths were reported on Sunday taking the toll to 718. Now, 916 patients are under treatment.
Gondia: With 75 new cases out of 2,745 tests, Gondia’s positivity rate was lowest in Nagpur division on Sunday. Recoveries also reduced to 65 while three patients died in a day. Now, Gondia has reported 40,665 cases, 39,603 recoveries and 688 deaths so far. At 374; Gondia has lowest number of under-treatment patients in the region.
Bhandara: Out of 1,127 tests, 107 found positive in Bhandara on Sunday taking total caseload to 58,682. With 137 recoveries, the number of recovered patients reached 56,671. Two deaths were reported. Now, 958 patients are under treatment in the district.
Wardha: With new 243 positives, the caseload reached 48,104 on Sunday and after 389 recoveries now total recovered are 44,139 leaving 2692 active positive. Four deaths were reported due to coronavirus on Sunday, taking the toll to 1,273. Two men (75 years and 59) from Wardha, a 45-year-old man from Selu and one more from other district died during treatment. On Sunday, 1,768 test reports were received while 240 of district and 3 from other districts were found positive.
Chandrapur: The positive cases rose slightly up with 298 new detection. However with 553 discharged patients the recoveries continue to dominate the pandemic scenario on Sunday. There were two deaths registered during the day taking the toll to 1,441. There are now 2,978 active patients left under treatment. The Covid caseload has reached 82,605, while total recoveries amount to 78,186.
Amravati: Recoveries continue to overshadow new cases to promise some relaxations in restrictions in June. Against 407 new cases there were 879 recoveries, more than double, that boosted recovery rate to 92.43%. While the caseload reached 91,837, recoveries totalled 84,888. Deaths on Sunday dropped to 10 taking the toll to 1,449. This left 5,500 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district recorded three deaths on Sunday which took the toll to 1,763. The district administration has received 4,354 test reports of which 123 (90 men and 33 women) were found positive and 4,231 were negative. Currently there are 1,649 active positive patients of whom 694 are being treated in hospitals and 955 are in home isolation. Of 71,813 positive patients, 68,404 including 300 (on Sunday) have recovered and hence discharged. The test positivity rate is 11.60% and the death rate 2.45%. The daily positivity is 2.82 %.