Tests double, still case load under 80 in Vidarbha

Nagpur: For the second day in a row, Vidarbha reported only a double digit hike in new cases. But Tuesday’s under-100 new cases were reported out of 18,000-plus tests as compared to 9,000+ on Monday. Despite increased tests, the number of new cases has gone down significantly in the region.
The test positivity rate is decreasing daily. It was ‘zero’ in Bhandara and Gondia on Tuesday. Bhandara conducted 910 tests in the last 24 hours while Gondia held 347. Not a single positive case was reported in any of these districts.
Nagpur reported 22 new cases, Gadchiroli 14 and Chandrapur 11. All the other districts reported a single digit increase in new cases despite conducting a good number of tests. Overall, 188 patients recovered from the region on Tuesday. Now, out of 10,98,455 total cases, 10,77,333 have already recovered. Vidarbha’s recovery rate is 98%.
Four deaths were reported on Tuesday. Two of them were in Nagpur district, but both were patients referred from other states/divisions. A 33-yr-old man died in Akola while a woman succumbed to the virus in Buldhana. All the other districts reported zero deaths.
For the first time, even after the first wave, the number of under-treatment patients in Vidarbha went under 1,000 on Tuesday. Now, only 895 patients are under treatment in Vidarbha and with most of them in home isolation, hospital beds are vacant in rural as well as urban areas. It’s the perfect time to lift restrictions.
Six districts in Vidarbha now have less than 50 patients under treatment, while all the others, barring Amravati, have less than 150 patients under treatment. Amravati alone has 230.
Akola: A 33-year-old man who was admitted on July 12 in a critical condition died while undergoing treatment on Tuesday. The death took the toll of the district to 1,131. Out of 1,271 tests, 8 were positive while 5 patients recovered. Now, the district has 45 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: An 85-year-old woman from rural Buldhana died. With her death, the toll of the district is now 666. Out of 2,224 tests done in the last 24 hours, 5 tested positive while 47patients recovered in a day. Now, Buldhana has only 40 patients under treatment.
Washim: Five new cases and 15 recoveries marked Tuesday in Washim. Now, the district has 41,580 cases, 40,855 recoveries and 622 deaths till date. Total 102 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: The district reported zero cases for the fourth day in a row. One patient recovered. No death was reported. Now, only six patients are under treatment and none of them is in hospital. All are recovering at home.
Gondia: The district reported zero cases for the second time in July. With six patients recovering in a day, now only 14 patients are under treatment. Seven of them are in home isolation while an equal number are in Covid Care Centres under observation. No patient is on any oxygen bed.
Gadchiroli: Out of the 593 tests, 14 were found positive. While 17 patients recovered, 148 are under treatment. The district has not reported any deaths since the last 10 days.
Amravati: Exactly after one year and one month, the number of new cases dropped to single digit as the district posted just eight on Tuesday, taking the caseload to 96,331. It was on June 13 last year that the district had last reported a single digit spike with four cases. Deaths drew a blank while 39 recoveries took the total to 94,543 for a rate of 98.14. This left 230 active cases under treatment now.
Yavatmal: With no deaths, the toll remained unchanged at 1,789. The administration received 514 test reports of which 2 were found positive. Currently, there are 21 active positive patients undergoing treatment in hospitals. Of the 72,769 positive patients, 70,962, including 3 on Tuesday, have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.59 % and death rate is 2.45 %. The daily positivity rate is 0.59 %.
Chandrapur: No deaths were reported for the fourth consecutive day. The figure of active patients scaled down below the 150 mark to stand at 144 on Tuesday. There were 11 new detection and 12 recoveries reported during the day. The death toll remained stable at 1,533. The total covid recoveries stand at 83,170 as against the total caseload of 84,847.
Wardha: With four positive cases on Tuesday, the total number of cases reached 49,303. After the discharge of 11 patients, recoveries increased to 47,943, leaving 38 active positive in thedistrict. 789 test reports were received while 2 from Wardha and 1 each from Ashti and Deoli tested positive. No deaths were reported and the toll remained the same at 1322.