89 positive in over 19k tests, 1 Covid-19 death in Vidarbha

Nagpur: Despite being a weekend, 19,462 tests were conducted in Vidarbha in the last 24 hours before Sunday and only 89 of them turned out to be positive people which means 0.45% test positivity rate (TPR). Amravati reported 1 Covid death, while no other district, including Nagpur, reported any fatality.
With 134 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the region retained its 98% recovery rate. Overall, only 922 patients are under treatment now in all 11 districts combined. With majority of them recovering in home isolation; a large chunk of hospital beds and oxygen beds are vacant in the region.
With Sunday’s 89 new cases, Covid-19 caseload of Vidarbha has reached 11,14,234 while 10,91,988 of them have already recovered. Yavatmal completed a full month of no Covid-19 death on July 18, while Bhandara reported one more zero patient day. The district now has only 4 patients under treatment, which is lowest in Maharashtra.
Seven districts have less than 50 patients under treatment in the region. Barring Nagpur 311 and Amravati 163, not a single district in Vidarbha has more than 150 under-treatment patients at present.
Out of 6,287 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, Nagpur reported 20 new cases. Wardha saw 19 new patients, a double digit increase after almost a week. Chandrapur reported 19, Amravati 11, and Gadchiroli 10 new cases. After yesterday’s zero, Akola reported 2 new cases on Sunday.
Chandrapur: There were 19 new cases and 17 recoveries on Sunday. There have been no deaths since the last eight days with the toll stable at 1,533. The Covid caseload has risen to 84,931, while total recoveries amount to 82,263.
Wardha: Out of 570 reports, 19 tested positive, taking the total of cases to 49,343. Meanwhile, 9 discharged patients took the recoveries to 47,978, leaving 41 active positive cases under treatment. New cases were detected from Arvi (7), Wardha (5), Ashti (3), Hinganghat (2), Deoli and Samudrapur (1 each). The toll remained stable at 1,324 as no deaths were reported.
Amravati: Death of a 40-year-old female from Chandur Railway Town at PDMC Hospital was the lone casualty that took the toll to 1,561 on Sunday.
With a spike of 11, the caseload went up to 96,904 while 26 recoveries took the total to 94,680 for a rate of 98.21. Now there are 163 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: No deaths were recorded for the 30th consecutive day. The toll remained unchanged at 1,789. The administration received 1331 reports of which 1 was found positive. Currently, there are 20 active positive patients undergoing treatment in hospitals. Of the 72,783 positive patients, 70,977, including 2 on Sunday, have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.51 % and the death rate is 2.45 %. The daily positivity rate is 0.08 %.
Bhandara: Out of 780 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the district reported zero new cases, 2 recoveries and no death on Sunday. Now, only 4 patients are under treatment. Bhandara’s recovery rate 98.1%.
Gondia: More than 1,100 tests were conducted, and 2 of them tested positive in the district, which is reporting less than 0.5% test positivity for the last five weeks now. Five patients recovered in the day. Now, the district has 12 patients under treatment with seven of them in home isolation. Recovery rate of Gondia is 98.26%.
Gadchiroli: Out of 469 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, 10 tested positive in the district. On the other hand, 34 patients recovered on Sunday. Now, the district has 100 patients under treatment.
Akola: Two out of 475 tests resulted in positive cases on Sunday in the district. With 2 recoveries and no death, the district now has 45 patients under treatment.
Washim: Three new patients, 10 recoveries and no death was reported from the district in the last 24 hours. Now, 75 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Out of 2,932 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, only 2 tested positive, which is the lowest test positivity for the district in the second wave so far. With 8 recovering in the day, the district has only 16 patients under treatment now, which is lowest in Amravati division.