Nagpur, Akola march towards 1,000 cases, Vidarbha nearing 3,000

NAGPUR: With Akola’s 59 and Nagpur’s 18, Vidarbha reported 101 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. It was the third day in a row that 100-plus cases came from the region. With this, Vidarbha’s total cases surged to 2,765 — including Akola’s 963 and Nagpur’s 939. An elderly patient admitted in Akola also died during treatment, which took the death toll of Vidarbha to 88.Akola alone accounts for 44 of these deaths.
With Akola (29), Nagpur (18), Yavatmal (17) — total 75 patients recovered and were discharged on June 12, taking their total to 1,801. The recovery rate remained above 65% against Maharashtra’s 50.91% and India’s 49.47%.
Akola reported 59 new cases — including a 2-month old baby girl, Vidarbha’s youngest Covid-19 patient so far. The others are 28 men and 30 women from 24 different localities. A 78-yr-old man from Balapur, who was admitted to GMCH Akola on June 7, died during treatment on June 11 midnight. This was the 44th death in Akola.
On the other hand, 29 patients were discharged from hospital. Out of them 13 were asked to stay at Covid Care Center as they do not home isolation facility at their residence. Others went into home isolation for seven days.
After recording above-50 surge over three days, only 18 patients were reported from Nagpur on June 12. Patients are now coming not only from hot spots but different parts of the district and rural areas.
In Amravati, three cases each from Akoli and Badnera towns, and one each from Chandur Bazaar and Karanja Lad (in Washim district) tested positive to take the district’s Covid count to 312 on Friday. On the other hand, six patients got discharge to take the number of recovered persons to 235. This has left 60 active cases, including four taking treatment in Nagpur. The district has seen 17 Covid deaths so far.
Campasspura or Malipura locality in Old City of Badnera saw three male friends aged 21, 21 and 20, of an 18-year-old June 11 positive youth testing positive to take Badnera’s count to 17, and Campasspura’s to five in just two days.
Akoli village saw a positive couple’s 3 and 12-year-old daughters and a 45-year-old female family member testing positive, taking the count to five.
The novel coronavirus, which had gripped Shirala and Virulpurna villages in Chandur Bazaar tehsil earlier, claiming one life at Shirala, today made its presence felt in Chandur Bazaar town itself with a 55-year-old male testing positive. A Karanja Lad woman, who is taking treatment at a private hospital here, today saw her 65-year-old husband testing positive. The hospital had taken swabs of four contacts.
Wardha: A 65-year-old man from Gurgaon (Haryana) who came for technical work at the Leprosy Institute (Manohardham) at Dattapur was diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday.
The man arrived on June 5 from Gurgaon in a car with his wife. He was home quarantined at a rest house, where he complained of cough, following which his swab samples were taken. He was admitted to Kasturba Hospital, Sewagram, after his health deteriorated. His test report came positive on Friday. His contacts are being traced.
Yavatmal: Yavatmal recorded five new Covid-19 patients on Friday. Total 17 patients recovered from the district and were discharged. Now, Yavatmal has 24 active cases.
Buldhana: Buldhana recorded eight new cases — all from Sangrampur tehsil. Seven of them were from Paturda village. Total cases in Buldhana are now 110. As 77 of them have been discharged, and four deaths — total active cases are now 29. As Buldhana doesn’t have a medical college, the civil hospital is treating Covid-19 patients. Tata Trust, Mumbai, has taken over the Buldhana civil hospital to convert it into a full-fledged Covid Hospital.
Gondia: Just a day after becoming corona-free, new positive patient was found in Gondia district on June 12. The patient is a youth from Tirora tehsil. Reports of 29 samples are awaited. Gondia now has 70 total cases, out of which 69 have been discharged and one active patient is being treated.
Gadchiroli: A Delhi-returned 19-yr-old girl from Dhanora tehsil in Gadchiroli tested positive for Covid-19 on June 12. She was already in institutional quarantine. Now, Gadchiroli has 48 cases, 10 of them active. All others have been discharged. Chandrapur, Bhandara, and Washim recorded no new cases on Friday.