Death in Chanda for 2nd consecutive day, Amt sees 1st fatality in Aug

Nagpur: Chandrapur district reported a Covid-19 death for the second consecutive day and Amravati recorded a fatality for the first time in August, on Monday. Bhandara’s Covid-free stint ended after three days as the district reported one new case.
On the other hand, Gondia is all set to become Covid-free with no new case on Sunday and only two patients under treatment, that too in home isolation.
Vidarbha’s test count reduced under 9,000 on Monday due to the Sunday holiday. Only 28 of these samples were found positive, which means test positivity is still around 0.30% in Vidarbha. With 60 patients recovering, the overall recovery rate continued to be 98%. Now, the region’s caseload is 11,18,689 and recovery tally is 10,96,841. With two deaths reported, the toll reached 21,349.
The number of under-treatment patients went under 500 for the first time in the pandemic. This has never happened before; not even when the first wave had receded. Barring Nagpur, Amravati and Buldhana, no district has 50 or more patients under treatment. Oxygen beds are largely vacant. Still, no district in Vidarbha came out with any relaxation notification on Monday on the lines of Pune and Nagpur.
Wardha: The district recorded no new cases from 343 tests and no more deaths on Monday, while three patients were discharged, leaving 13 under treatment. The recoveries increased to 48,043.
Yavatmal: The district reported no deaths on Monday. There were two new cases and two recoveries. Currently there are 10 patients under treatment. Of the 72,816 patients so far, 71,019 have recovered. The district has 2,166 hospital beds available for Covid patients.
Amravati: After 17 successive days without a Covid death, the district on Monday reported one, that took the toll to 1,562. A 45-year-old man from Morshi lost his battle against the virus at Shri Sai Hospital.
There were seven recoveries as against four new cases, taking the total recoveries to 94,941 and caseload to 96,575, respectively. This left 72 patients under treatment.
Chandrapur: With one death, four new cases and three recoveries on Monday, 76 patients remain under treatment. The toll has climbed to 1,537, while caseload and recoveries have inched up to 88,543 and 86,930 respectively
Bhandara: Only 25 tests were conducted in last 24 hours and one of them was positive. Now, Bhandara again has one patient under treatment. The district had zero patients under treatment for three days.
Gondia: With no new case detected and two recoveries, now Gondia has only two patients under treatment. This means that the district is moving towards becoming another Covid-free district of the region. 231 tests were conducted.
Gadchiroli: Five new cases and nine recoveries marked Monday in Gadchiroli. Now, 34 patients are under treatment in the district.
Buldhana: As many as 934 tests were conducted in the district and six of them were positive. With seven recoveries in a day, Buldhana now has 60 patients under treatment.
Washim: Two new cases and two recoveries were reported in Washim, which took the caseload to 41,678 and recoveries to 41,023. Now, 17 patients are under treatment and the toll is 637.
Akola: Only one out of 525 tests done in last 24 hours were found positive. Now, the district has 57,790 total cases. With 10 patients recovering on Monday, the tally went up to 56,607. Now, 49 patients are under treatment in the district.