This story is from May 11, 2020

Wardha gets 1st +ves and death on same day

Wardha gets 1st +ves and death on same day
Nagpur: Wardha district, which did not have a single case of Covid-19 since the beginning, recorded its first on Sunday. A 35-yr-old woman from a nomadic tribe hamlet in Arvi tehsil, who died on May Friday, tested positive for Covid-19. Also, a pneumonia patient from a village in Washim district tested positive on Sunday in a Sevagram hospital taking Wardha’s positive cases to 2 in a day.

There were two more deaths registered on Sunday. A 50-yr-old woman, who was admitted in GMCH Akola from May 7, died of Covid-19 during treatment. A cancer patient from Achalpur (Amravati district), who came in a critical condition to Nagpur’s GMCH, was declared brought dead. His swab samples taken post death tested positive on Sunday.
The total death count of Vidarbha is now 30.
With 13 patients in Nagpur, 7 in Akola and 2 in Wardha, Vidarbha recorded 22 new Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday. But, for the first time, the number of patients who recovered and were discharged — 48 — was more than double the number of patients detected with Covid-19.
Twelve in Nagpur, 15 in Amravati, 18 in Yavatmal and 3 in Buldhana were discharged on Sunday. With this, 185 out of total 655 total patients have recovered. The recovery rate of Vidarbha is more than 24% against the state’s 19%.
The 35-year-old deceased woman of Hiwara Tanda hamlet in Arvi tehsil of Wardha had no travel history. Civil surgeon P Madavi informed that the woman was admitted in private hospital in Arvi on May 8 morning.

A patient of severe asthma, she was referred to sub-district hospital in Arvi the same afternoon. Later, she was sent to Vinoba Bhave rural hospital, Sawangi, the same evening. Madavi said she died before reaching Sawangi hospital where her swab sample was taken.
After the positive case, administration has sealed the area of nearby 7 villages in a 3km radius of Hiwara village.
The second positive patient of Wardha is a 64-year-old from Washim district who was admitted to Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital two days ago for treatment of pneumonia. His corona test report was also received on Sunday.
It was a Sunday of relief to Amravatians who voluntarily observed a strict janata curfew, bade good bye to the stranded labourers from Bihar, UP and Andhra Pradesh and welcomed back in their fold 15 positive persons following their full recovery. Civil surgeon Dr Shyamsunder Nikam, doctors and nurses at the Covid hospital wished the 10 men and 5 women a happy recovery.
18 patients tested negative on 14th and 15th day samples in Yavatmal and they were discharged on Sunday from the isolation ward of GMCH. With Saturday’s 4, total 22 patients have recovered in the last 48 hours from Yavatmal. This reduced the number of active cases from 85 to 63.
Yavatmal has total 95 cases of Covid-19, including 22 discharged till date. Many more are asymptomatic are on the road to recovery.
A 64-year-man from Dhanora village of Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal tested positive on Sunday in Nanded Medical College. According to SP M Rajkumar of Yavatmal, as soon as the report of the positive patient landed, they sealed Dhanora and the villages in its vicinity.
According to the medical superintendent of Mahur rural hospital Dr VN Bhosale, this patient visited his daughter and her family in Mahur in Nanded district on May 6. He was already suffering from cough, fever and other symptoms of coronavirus and consulted two private doctors in Dhanki of Umarkhed.
On May 7, his son-in-law took him to Mahur rural Hospital from where he was shifted to the Covid-19 care centre. On May 8, his swab sample was taken and sent to the Nanded district. On Saturday, his test was positive. He was sent to the Nanded Medical College where he is admitted in the isolation ward.
For the eighth consecutive day, no positive patient was detected in Chandrapur which got it first on May 2. District health officer Rajkumar Gahlot informed that health department has prepared a list of 89 contact persons of the positive patient.
Samples of 57 contacts were sent for test and all the reports including that of family members of patient have turned to be negative.
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