All 11 districts report less than 50 cases; 6 deaths

Nagpur: The number of new Covid cases has gone down significantly across the region. On Tuesday, 133 cases were reported from 11 districts of Vidarbha. All, including Nagpur and worst-hit Buldhana, reported less than 30 new patients in the day.
Amravati reported 34 cases, highest of the day among all districts in Vidarbha. On the other hand, more than 500 patients recovered on Tuesday. Now, out of 10,96,007 total cases, 10,73,905 have already recovered. Vidarbha’s recovery rate is 98%.
Day’s Covid casualty number reduced to six on Tuesday. Akola, Amravati, Washim and Gondia reported 1 death each, while Buldhana reported 2 deaths. Nagpur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Wardha and Gadchiroli reported zero death. Nagpur reported zero death for the third day in a row.
Number of daily tests, which was down to 13,800 on Sunday, bounced back to 22,800 on Monday. Only 133 of these tests were positive, which indicates that the positivity rate has gone down significantly in the region. With more recoveries and fewer cases, the number of under-treatment patients has gone down to 2,037. Four districts in Vidarbha — Wardha, Yavatmal, Gondia and Bhandara — have less than 50 patients under treatment.
The Level 3 restrictions are in place across the region at present. With controlled movement and restrictions on public gatherings, it is expected that the cases will further decline next week.
Wardha: The district reported 3 new cases from 1192 test reports, taking the cases to 49,207 on Tuesday. No death was reported while toll of district stayed at 1,321. Nine patients were discharged and recoveries increased to 47,842 leaving 44 active positive in district.
Yavatmal: The district recorded no death for 13th consecutive day. Toll remained at 1,789. Of 415 test reports only one person was found positive. Currently there are 43 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the hospitals. Of the 72,718 positive patients 70,889 including nine on Tuesday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.70% and death rate is 2.46%. The daily positivity rate is 0.24 %.
Chandrapur: Tuesday was yet another day with zero casualties clubbed with heart warming figures of just 13 new cases and 112 recoveries. This has left 229 active patients under treatment while toll stayed at 1,527. The caseload has grown to 84,664, while total recoveries amount to 82,908.
Amravati: The district reported 34 new Covid patients on Tuesday while 104 were discharged. One Covid death took the toll to 1,553.
Bhandara: The test count, which was in 200s in the last couple of days, jumped to 876 in last 24 hours. Only 3 of them tested positive in district. Six patients recovered and no death was reported. Now, the district has total 59,475 cases, including 58,298 recoveries and 1,128 deaths. Only 49 patients are under treatment in Bhandara. Recovery rate has already surpassed 98% mark.
Gondia: The district reported one death due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, which took the toll to 700. Out of 1,635 tests conducted in last 24 hours, 2 were positive. Five patients recovered in the day. Now, Gondia has 41 patients under treatment and 25 of them in home isolation. Gondia’s recovery rate is 98.2%.
Gadchiroli: Daily test count increased to 894 in district. Out of them, 13 were positive. This took the Covid caseload to 30,233. Out of these, 29,341 patients have already recovered. District’s recovery rate is over 97%. Total 152 patients are under treatment. No death was reported on Tuesday, which kept the toll unchanged at 740.
Akola: Total 1,777 test reports were received on Tuesday in district and 10 of them were positive. A 35-year-old unidentified man found dead at Khadan area tested positive for Covid-19 post death, which took the district’s toll to 1,127. Total 35 patients recovered in the day. Now, Akola has 57,581 total patients, including 56,068 recoveries and 386 under treatment.
Buldhana: Two women, 75 and 68, both from rural Buldhana, died during Covid-19 treatment on Tuesday taking the toll to 663. Out of 2,751 test reports received in the day, 26 were positive while 35 patients recovered. Now, the district has 86,638 total cases, 85,879 recoveries and 96 under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 9 new cases in the day, while 36 patients recovered on Tuesday. A death was also reported. Now, the district has 41,397 total cases, 40,568 have recovered while 619 deaths have been reported. Also, 209 are under treatment. Now, all new Covid patients are being reported from rural areas.