No death in region for third time in first 7 days of August

Nagpur: The 11 districts in Vidarbha on Saturday collectively reported only 29 new cases. Despite conducting more than 5,700 tests in the last 24 hours, Nagpur district reported only one new case in a day after a gap of 15 months. The lone case was from Nagpur rural which means the city reported no new case on Saturday.
Similarly, Akola, Yavatmal, Gondia and Bhandara districts reported zero new cases. Only Chandrapur reported 16 new cases, which is an unusual spike in a month or so for the district. More than 2,400 tests were conducted in the district.
On Saturday, no death was reported in any of the 11 districts for the third time in August. Now, no death has been reported on three out of first seven days of August, which is a strong indicator that fatalities have drastically declined and vaccination is showing positive effects.
In all, more than 16,000 tests were conducted in Vidarbha in the last 24 hours. With four districts having practically zero test positivity, the overall test positivity in the region was less than 0.30% on Saturday. Testing numbers are set to decline in next two days due to weekend, but as long as positivity rate is negligible, Vidarbha has not much to worry about.
Overall, only 551 patients are under treatment in the region, which accounts for 0.04% of 11,18,621 cases reported till date. Of them, 10,96,722 patients have recovered which means the recovery rate is more than 98%, which is better than state and national average.
Bhandara: The district maintained its Covid-free status for the second consecutive day as no new positive patient was reported despite conducting 576 tests in the last 24 hours.
Gondia: The district is heading towards becoming Covid-free as no new case was reported on Saturday. One patient recovered, leaving only six patients under treatment. Four of them are in home isolation. The district conducted 558 tests in the last 24 hours.
Gadchiroli: The district reported three new cases and seven recoveries in a day. Now, 46 patients are under treatment in Gadchiroli.
Akola: After conducting 825 tests, Akola reported no new patient. There was neither recovery nor death. Caseload is 57,783 and now 52 patients are under treatment.
Washim: One new patient and two recoveries were reported in a day in Washim. The district has 22 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: Two new patients and four recoveries were reported on Saturday. Now, 54 patients are under treatment.
Chandrapur: There were 16 new cases and five recoveries on Saturday, leaving 88 patients under treatment. No death was reported. The Covid caseload inched up to 88,536, as against 86,931 recoveries.
Wardha: Two new cases and as many recoveries were reported on Saturday, taking the casetally to 49,379 and recoveries to 48,040, leaving 14 patients under treatment. No death was reported and the toll remained at 1,325. Test reports of 345 people were received.
Yavatmal: No death or no new Covid patients during the last 24 hours kept the toll unchanged at 1,787. There were three recoveries. Of the 72,813 patients so far, 71,013 have recovered.
Amravati: Four new cases, nine recoveries and no Covid death for the 16th consecutive day were reported on Saturday.
While the caseload reached 96,565, the recoveries reached 94,931 for a rate of 98.31%. This left 73 patients under treatment.