Only 3 Covid deaths in region, recovery rate nearing 98%

Nagpur: Sunday brought several positive developments for Vidarbha region. Out of nearly 28,000 tests done in a day, 324 were found positive. Amravati, Wardha and Gadchiroli were the only three districts to report deaths (one each) due to Covid-19. All other districts, including Nagpur, reported zero deaths on Sunday.
With only 324 new cases on record, the region’s caseload reached 10,94,116. Out of these, 10,69,499 have recovered so far. Vidarbha’s recovery rate reached 97.8% on Sunday, which is better than the state and national average of recovery.
Now, only 4,559 patients are under treatment in the region, which accounts for 0.4% of the total cases reported till date. As the number of under-treatment patients is down, the availability of beds (including oxygen beds) has improved significantly in the region.
Another important parameter of test positivity rate is also below 3% in most districts of the region. In Gondia and Bhandara, it’s lower than 0.5%. As a result, the entire Vidarbha region is under level 1 of unlock.
Amravati: An addition of 51 cases and one death took the district's caseload to 95,597 and toll to 1,541, respectively on Sunday. The number of active cases fell below the 1,000-mark to 932. With 126 getting discharge today, recoveries reached 93,124 for a rate of 97.4%.
Yavatmal: The district recorded zero deaths for the fifth consecutive day, which keeps the toll unchanged at 1,789 so far. The administration received 890 test reports, of which 11 were found positive. Currently there are 82 patients under treatment.
Of the 72,636 Covid patients so far, 70,768 have recovered, including 39 on Sunday. The test positivity rate is 10.8% and the death rate is 2.5%. The daily positivity rate is 1.24%.
Wardha: A 75-year-old man from Selu died due to coronavirus during treatment, taking the toll to 1,320, while 10 more cases were detected, taking the total cases to 49,115 on Sunday. After 64 discharges, total recoveries reached 47,682, leaving 113 under treatment.
New cases were detected from Hinganghat (5), Wardha (4) and Karanja (1) out of 970 test reports on Sunday.
Chandrapur: Sunday was yet another day this week without any Covid fatality. The day saw 35 new cases and 27 recoveries, leaving 741 active cases. The toll remained static at 1,516. The Covid total has now climbed to 84,552, while total recoveries now amount to 82,295.
Akola: The district reported no death for the second day in a row. Out of 1,730 tests, 31 were positive, taking the caseload to 57,414. On the other hand, 83 patients recovered, taking the tally to 55,417. Now, 879 patients are under treatment.
Washim: There were 24 new cases, 57 recoveries and no death on Sunday. Now, out of 41,230 cases reported till date, 40,284 have recovered and death toll is 614. This leaves 331 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: The district reported 68 new cases, 23 recoveries and no death for the second consecutive day. In all, 2,685 tests were conducted. Now, the district has 86,275 cases, 85,488 recoveries and 653 deaths. This leaves 134 patients under treatment.
Gondia: More than 3,000 tests were conducted and 11 of them were positive. This took the caseload to 41,084. With 19 patients recovering on Sunday, 40,318 have recovered in all, so far. No death was reported on Sunday. Only 67 patients are under treatment in Gondia, the lowest in Vidarbha region.
Gadchiroli: Out of 719 tests, 27 were found positive. The caseload reached 30,081. With 15 patients recovering, the tally went to 29,109. A death was reported, which took the toll to 738. Gadchiroli now has 234 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: No death has been reported in Bhandara for the last two weeks. The district reported 17 new cases and 4 recoveries on Sunday. 703 tests were conducted. The district now has 59,371 cases, including 58,177 recoveries and 1,055 deaths. Now, 139 patients are under treatment.