Maharashtra: Vidarbha sees one Covid death, first time after July 2020

NAGPUR: One Covid death in Chandrapur district made up for Vidarbha’s toll on Wednesday. This was first time when the day’s Covid fatality in the region was restricted to just one district and stood at one after the onset of Covid pandemic last year.
Nagpur district did not report any Covid casualty for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday and sixth time in the last 11 days. The dwindling number of Covid cases and waning fatalities have been unexpected, but quite pleasant for the people in general and medical fraternity.
Some are also surprised at the sudden drop in cases which has also left many healthcare facilities with few patients. This was not seen between the two waves or even before the start of the first wave, when even suspects too would be admitted.
The number of under treatment patients dropped below 2,000 as only 1,861 remained under medical care. Daily testing count also increased to 28,644. All districts in the region have increased testing after Delta Plus variant being reported from different parts of the country.
While the new cases detected in the day in the region increased to 199, four districts saw below 10 new patients and rest under 40. At 39, the day’s highest cases were from Amravati, which also has second highest tally of patients under treatment at 331. Buldhana reported second highest cases in the day with 37 positive.
Highest recoveries were 94 from Amravati, followed by Nagpur 91 and Buldhana 55. The recovery rate had swelled to a healthy 98% in Vidarbha.
Yavatmal: Having no report of Covid death on Wednesday, the toll remained unchanged at 1,789. The administration received 768 test reports of which 9 were positive. Currently, there are 48 patients undergoing treatment. Of the 72,727 patients detected so far, 70,893 including 4 on Wednesday have recovered. The district’s test positivity rate is 10.69% and 2.46%. The daily positivity rate is 1.17%.
Wardha: Nine new Covid cases were reported out of 1,194 test reports on Wednesday, while 4 patients were discharged. The caseload thus has increased to 49,216 and recoveries to 47,846, leaving 49 under treatment. New cases reported on Wednesday include Wardha 3, Hinganghat and Samudrapur 2 each, Ashti and Arvi 1 each. No death was reported and the toll remains 1,321.
Chandrapur: One Covid casualty, 15 new cases and 24 recoveries were reported from the district on Wednesday, leaving 219 patients under treatment. The Covid toll has risen to 1,528, while caseload and total recoveries amount to 84,679 and 82,932, respectively.
Amravati: For the third time since March 23 last, the district did not post any Covid death on Wednesday. The district reported 39 new cases, while 94 patients were discharged in the day. This took the Covid caseload to 95,984 and total recoveries to 94,100.
Gadchiroli: No Covid death was reported and the toll remained at 740. The district reported 19 new cases and 13 recoveries. The district now has 158 patients under treatment.
Washim: The district didn’t report any Covid casualty. The daily cases decreased to 17, while 39 patients recovered. The Covid toll is 619 now and 187 are under treatment.
Bhandara: The district witnessed seven new cases and no Covid death leaving the toll at 1,128. Day’s recoveries were 16 and 40 are under treatment.
Gondia: The district did not report any Covid fatality, but 8 new cases. It also saw 11 recoveries. The number of patients under treatment is 38.
Buldhana: The district saw 37 new Covid cases. No Covid death took place in the day. According to official data, the district reported 55 recoveries. This has left 78 under treatment.
Akola: The district reported 23 recoveries against 14 new cases and no Covid death on Wednesday. The number of patients under treatment is 377.