Zero Covid deaths but more cases than recoveries

Nagpur: The month of July, which brought relief from Covid-19 in terms of new cases and deaths, ended with no fatalities in 11 districts of Vidarbha on Saturday. However, number of new cases (71) was significantly more than the number of recoveries (59). This happened for the second consecutive day.
Now, out of 11,14,885 patients, 10,92,958 have recovered in the region till date. The recovery rate is more than 98% which is way better than the state and national average. Case fatality rate is constant at 1.91%, which is better than the state average of 2.1% but greater than the national average of 1.3%. The toll is 21,339 now.
The number of tests conducted in last 24 hours exceeded 18,000-mark once again. This means the test positivity rate was well below 0.5%. With only 586 patients under treatment, and majority of them in the home isolation, the hospital beds are largely unoccupied.
Akola: Of the 884 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, four came positive and no recovery was reported. Now, the caseload is 57,764, including 56,577 recoveries. The toll is 1134. Now, 53 patients are under treatment.
Washim: There were two new cases and two recoveries on Saturday. The caseload is 41,660, including 40,990 recoveries, 636 deaths and 33 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: Of the 1,715 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, five new cases were detected, while four patients recovered in a day. Now, out of 87,264 patients, 86,560 have recovered. The toll is 672 while 32 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: Nine new cases and seven recoveries were reported. Of the 30,603 patients reported so far, 29,800 have recovered. The toll is 744 while 59 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: It was another day of zero new cases in Bhandara as out of 353 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, none returned positive while one patient recovered. This brought number of under-treatment patients in district to five, which is lowest in the state.
Gondia: Out of 704 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, two tested positive, taking the caseload to 41,192. With one recovery, the total reached 40,477. There are 22 patients under treatment.
Amravati: New cases touched double digits (ten) even as no Covid death occurred in the district for the tenth successive day on Saturday. While the caseload reached 96,512, the toll remained 1,561. With 13 recoveries, the total went up to 94,869 for a recovery rate of 98.30. This left 82 active cases under treatment.
Chandrapur: There were 11 detections and 15 recoveries recorded on Saturday, leaving 67 patients under treatment. With no casualty, the toll remained stable at 1,534. The total caseload inched up to 85,023 against total recoveries of 83,422.
Yavatmal: There have been no deaths for the 42nd consecutive day, keeping the toll unchanged at 1,789. The administration received 787 reports of which 2 were found positive. Currently, there are 13 active positive patients undergoing treatment in hospitals. Of the 72,803 positive patients reported so far in the district, 71,004, including one on Saturday, have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.40 % and the death rate is 2.45 %. The daily positivity rate is 0.25 %.
Wardha: Two new positive cases were recorded, while four were discharged on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 49,371 and recoveries to 48,025, leaving 22 active positive under treatment. As no deaths were reported, the toll remains 1,324. Out of 638 reports, 1 each from Ashti and Wardha tested reported.