Day of records: Highest cases, highest recoveries, Vid surpasses 1600-mark; Man dies in Wardha

Nagpur: Friday was a record-breaking day for Vidarbha in the Covid-19 pandemic so far. The region recorded highest single-day surge of 106 cases and also highest single-day recoveries at 103. Total number of cases surpassed the 1600-mark and settled at 1,608, while the number of recovered and discharged patients crossed 1,000.
With 1,056 of 1,608 patients discharged, the recovery rate of Vidarbha has reached a new high of 65.67%, best till date.
Nagpur (43), Akola (42), Amravati (12) — all red-zoned districts — continued to record new cases. More Mumbai-returnees tested positive in Gadchiroli (3), Gondia (3), Bhandara (2) and Yavatmal (1).
Buldhana, Washim, Chandrapur and Wardha posted no new case. A 63-year-old Washim man admitted in Wardha 22 days ago died in isolation ward during treatment on Friday. With this, Vidarbha recorded a death on 9th consecutive day, taking the total number of deaths so far to 60.
More than 100 patients recovered from the region in a day for the first time on Friday. These include highest 39 from Akola followed by Gondia (25), Amravati (18), Chandrapur (10), Nagpur (8) and Wardha (4). All patients were discharged as per new policy.
Remarkably, 25 Mumbai-returnee migrant labourers from Gondia recovered fully after 10 days of rest, treatment and went home for seven-day home isolation. A patient from Akola was referred to GMCH Nagpur as his condition deteriorated. The patient is admitted at Covid ward in GMCH now.
Chandrapur: Zilla parishad chief executive officer Rahul Kardile informed that 12 of 22 positive patients in Chandrapur have been cured so far. Out of them, 10 were discharged on Friday, while two others had recovered earlier. No positive Covid-19 patient was reported on Friday. It is fourth consecutive day when no positive patient was detected in district. Chandrapur district had earlier tested 22 positive patients. There are 10 active containment zones in the district. They include eight in rural areas and two in Chandrapur city.
Officials informed that 71 health department teams have screened 12,069 people living 3,151 houses in 10 containment zones. People are also being checked for influenza-like illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) symptoms. All 9 samples of ILI and SARI suspects tested so far have been found negative.
Wardha: A 63-year-old man from Washim died after fighting with Covid-19 for 22 days at Kasturba Hospital on Friday at 2am. He was a resident of Kawathal village in Mangrulpeer tehsil of Washim. He was admitted to a private hospital in Karanja (Lad) on April 30 for paralysis. The person was treated there till May 4. During this time he contracted pneumonia. This person was already a patient of hypertension and diabetes. He came to Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi, for treatment on May 8. As precautionary measures, his swab sample was taken and his report came positive on May 10. The elderly man had already undergone heart surgery. After receiving reports of coronavirus, he was admitted to Kasturba Hospital, Sewagram.
Four patients from Dhamangaon Railway, who were admitted in Wardha, were discharged on Friday. These were first Covid-free patients in the district. On May 15, a 21-year-old resident of Dhamangaon Railway in Amravati district was admitted to the AVBRH, Sawangi. The woman was also suffering from meningitis. After her Covid-19 report came positive, swab samples of her family members were also tested. Samples of her mother and two sisters turned positive.
Rs40k penalty per head: In a unique development, offences were registered against a family for violating home quarantine norms. A 24-year-old positive patient from Arvi, who came from Akola with others including a one-month-old baby, was placed in home quarantine. After they were found violating the norms, administration has issued a notice to pay Rs40,000 penalty per head.
Amravati: In 56 days since the first Covid-19 case was detected in the city, Amravati crossed 200-mark and settled at 203 with addition of 12 new cases to its yesterday’s count of 191. While it took 43 days for the district to reach the first 100 on May 16, the next 100 came in just 13 days.
While most of the 12 cases came from containment zones, a new case was reported from Ramnagar, which became the 34th containment zone of the city and 40th in the district.
On the very same day, 18 patients were discharged, taking the tally of recovered persons to 116, which is more than 50% of the total Covid count of the district.
Ramnagar was in a shock when a 65-year-old retired male employee of social welfare department tested positive with no history of any travel. Locked in the house since lockdown, he caught fever three-four days ago and went to Covid Hospital for check-up where his swab was taken. Eight members of his family have been quarantined after he tested positive this morning.
Ratanganj gave seven cases today, five from a single family in Zadapipura area, to take its count to 10. All the five members are contacts of a 64-year-old male from the family who tested positive on May 26. They were already quarantined. The other two cases from Ratanganj are males aged 45 and 65.
Frazerpura, which became a containment zone on May 26 when a 61-year-old man tested positive, today added three more from his family — a male aged 40 and two females aged 21 and 30, to the list to take its count to four.
Meanwhile, AMC commissioner on Friday lifted containment restrictions from Hathipura, Kagrapura, Talabpura, Nagpuri Gate, Saudagarpura, Sarafa, Bohra Galli and Badnera’s Noornagar, Khatikpura, Baripura and Malipura as these areas have not reported any fresh cases for long.
Yavatmal: The city reported one more positive case on Friday which takes the number of total active positive patients to 25. According to GMC sources, a woman hailing from Nagapur village in Umarkhed, who is a Mumbai-returnee, has tested positive and she is now shifted to GMC isolation ward.
RDC’s diktat: Yavatmal resident deputy collector Lalitkumar Warhade purportedly addressing the public via voice message has directed public to thrash those who are found without mask. Human rights activists have questioned the RDC about he ‘inciting’ the public to beat those who do not wear mask.