11th no Covid death day in Vidarbha region this month

Nagpur: None of the region’s 11 districts reported a single Covid-19 death for the 11th time in the last 21 days, on Saturday. Vidarbha remained free of Covid deaths for five consecutive days between August 13-17 before two fatalities occurred, followed by one each in the next two days.
The number of cases increased by two as over 3,000 more tests were performed, as compared to over 11,000 a day before in the region. Yet, Saturday’s tally of 19 cases was the third lowest in August so far.
Among the 19 new cases from the 11 districts, Buldhana had the highest (7 cases). Only Wardha’s cases, recoveries and toll remained unchanged in the day. Wardha district performed 400 Covid tests, all of which were negative. Seven districts recorded one case each from hundreds of tests.
Nagpur district conducted over 4,500 tests, but only two were found positive. The district had eight patients recovering. Now it has 92 patients under treatment.
Wardha: Again, no new case, no recovery and no death was reported on Saturday. The caseload, recoveries and toll remained unchanged at 49,386, 48,057 and 1,325 respectively, leaving 4 active positive under treatment. On Saturday, 402 test reports were received with no positives.
Amravati: Just one new positive case out of the 1254 samples tested took the district’s caseload to 96,634 on Saturday. The day also reported four recoveries to take the total recoveries to 95,027. With no deaths, 45 active cases remained under treatment.
Yavatmal: Wth no deaths, the toll remained unchanged at 1,787. Out of the 819 test reports, just one person hailing from Arni tehsil was found to be positive. There were 9 active positive patients undergoing treatment in hospitals. Of the 72,830 positive patients, 71,034 have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.22 % and the death rate is 2.45 %. The daily positivity rate is 0.12 %. The administration has 2,150 beds at GMCH, DCHC and private hospitals.
Chandrapur: There was a solitary detection against two recoveries on Saturday. There were no casualties during the day with the toll stable at 1,539. With 87,009 patients recovered out of a total 88,601, there are just 53 active patients left under treatment.
Gadchiroli: No Covid death was reported and the toll remained at 746. The district reported three new cases and one recovery. The district now has 26 active cases.
Washim: No death was reported but there was one new patient in the district. Toll remained at 637. The caseload reached 41,697. This leaves 15 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: The district didn’t report any death but there was one new case, while three patients got discharge and five are under treatment. The toll remains at 1,133. The district tested over 400 people.
Gondia: The district reported a Covid case but no death or recovery. Number of patients under treatment is four.
Buldhana: The district witnessed seven new Covid cases. No Covid death took place. According to official data, the district reported three recoveries. This left 32 active cases.
Akola: The district reported one recovery, one new case and no Covid death. The active cases are 18.