2 deaths in Akola, 50 new cases in Vidarbha

Nagpur: Two Covid-19 patients admitted in the isolation ward of Akola GMCH died during treatment on Saturday afternoon, taking the district’s toll to 36 and that of Vidarbha to 76. Akola also recorded 30 new cases, highest for the day in the region which has registered 2,171 cases so far.
The deceased include a 70-year-old man from Gulzarpura and a 40-year-old woman from old city area.The man was admitted on June 3 and tested positive on June 4 while the woman had tested positive on May 27. Both patients had severe comorbidities.
Vidarbha recorded 50 new cases on Saturday, with Akola contributing 30, Nagpur 10, Amravati 5 and Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Washim, Wardha and Bhandara one each.
The total cases on Saturday were the least recorded for a day in June so far. Starting with 103 cases on June 1, Vidarbha has been recording more than 50 cases, for a total of 462, daily this month.
At 26, Akola also saw highest number of patients who recovered and discharged on Saturday. Of these, eight were allowed to go home while remaining 18 were asked to stay in institutional quarantine centres as they did not have home isolation facilities.
In Nagpur, 22 patients recovered and discharged from three hospitals. Amravati and Gondia discharged six patients each, while Bhandara four. Total 64 patients were discharged in the region, taking recovery count to 1,438. With this, region’s recovery rate surged to 66.23%.
AMRAVATI: The covid count of Amravati district reached 275 on Saturday after five new cases emerged. Out of them, two are Mumbai returnees.
A 60-year-old woman from Paratwada tested positive at GMCH, Nagpur. She is the second case from Paratwada after a policeman who tested positive a fortnight ago.
A 65-year-old male security guard of Getlife Hospital, tested positive, making it nine cases from the hospital.
One of the two Mumbai returnees who tested positive is a 23-year-old youth from Kakada village in Achalpur tehsil. Frezerpura, a hotspot, registered its 18th case. Among the new patients is a 50-year-old woman from Badnera which has recorded 10 cases so far.
Six patients got discharge on Saturday, taking the total to 172.
WARDHA: The district registered two new cases on Saturday. A 52 year-old resident of Vardhamaneri village of Arvi tehsil tested positive on Saturday after completion of his home-quarantine period. The man’s son had returned from Delhi on May 19 while his daughter had come from Nagpur a month ago. The family was in home-quarantine till June 1.
A 59-year-old railway employee from Sindhi (railway) tested positive in Nagpur. The employee was on duty on June 1 but had taken leave on June 2 and 3 due to ill health. He resumed work on June 4, but went to Nagpur Railway Hospital on June 5. He tested positive on Saturday. He is undergoing treatment in IGGMCH, Nagpur.
CHANDRAPUR: A 28-year-old person from Adyal Tekadi village in Bramhapuri, who was under institutional quarantine since his arrival from Mumbai, tested positive on Saturday, taking the district total cases to 28. Out of them, 22 patients have recovered and got discharged.
Out of the six active patients, four have been kept at Covid Care Centre on Chandrapur Forest Academy premises, while remaining two are admitted in Chandrapur GMCH.
YAVATMAL: No new case was recorded from the district for the third consecutive day. There are now 41 active cases in the district.
WASHIM: A 25-year-old youth from Borala (Hisse) village in Washim tehsil tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. Washim has the least number of cases in Vidarbha. Out of the 11 patients recorded so far, six have recovered and two patients died.
BULDHANA & GADCHIROLI: One case each was registered from the districts on Saturday. Both are Mumbai returnees.