6 Covid patients die in Vid, Amravati cardiologist tests positive as 131 new cases surface

Nagpur/Akola/Amravati/Chandrapur: Five Covid positive patients died in Akola while a Buldhana patient, too, passed away even as Vidarbha reported 138 new cases, including that of a well-known cardiologist from Amravati on Saturday. This is the third time in June when six positive patients died in a day in Vidarbha.
The Covid death toll climbed to 119 while total cases stand at 3,628 against a discharge count of 2376 across the 11 districts.Most of the cases (68) were detected in Nagpur, followed by Akola (27), Amravati (12), Yavatmal (11), Washim (7), Gadchiroli (6), Bhandara (4) and Buldhana (3). No cases were reported in Wardha, Gondia, and Chandrapur.
Four men and a 35-year-old woman were casualties from Akola. The woman was a TB patient. The men victims are a 75-year-old who was also suffering from a cardiovascular disease, a 55-year-old, a 62-year-old and a 63-year-old. Details of the Buldhana victim were not available.
In Amravati, a 60-year-old cardiologist in Rajapeth was among the 12 new Covid-19 cases. A Badnera doctor couple, who have their clinic in front of the Rajapeth police station, tested positive on Friday. This district's count rose to 418. With the discharge of 15 patients since Friday evening, the number of recovered persons has reached 279 at 66.74%.
A 11-year-old girl and her brother (7) from Loni Takli village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil tested positive after coming in contact with a 50-year-old woman from their family who tested positive six days ago.
Hotspot Badnera took its tally to 53 when a 40-year-old male from Chamannagar tested positive while Habibnagar posted its 15th case through a 40-year-old male. A 75-year-old man recorded Yashodanagar's fifth case while men, aged 25 and 60, took Gopalnagar's count to three. Bhaji Bazaar gave its second case through a 27-year-old youth while Sabanpura its sixth via a youth aged 25.
The virus made its entry in Dhamangaon Railway and Walgaon on Saturday to take its rural count to 38. A 43-year-old male tested positive in Dhamangaon while a 22-year-old girl tested positive in Walgaon.
With the discharge of 15 patients, Amravati Covid hospital now has 114 of the total 122 active cases. Eight are in Nagpur.
The Chandrapur tally remained at 55 as no case was reported. Only 16 active patients are remaining while the rest have been treated and discharged.
Gondia witnessed the third day of relief with no fresh case, even after the number of tests increased significantly. Reports of 109 samples are awaited. Nearly 2,858 persons are institutional/home quarantined.
In Yavatmal, 11 cases were found. All are from tehsil places. A man and a woman from Darwha, two women, two men and one boy from Ner, four men from Digras tested positive. Apart from these, two men from Vani tehsil tested positive in Nagpur and have been admitted there. They are being counted in Nagpur’s tally.
Six tested positive in Gadchiroli. Five were at different quarantine centres at Wadsa Desaiganj. The five included a man (52) and his daughter (17) who returned from Delhi. Two women, both in their 50s, also tested positive. They had come from Nagpur. Earlier in the day, one person from the Aheri quarantine centre tested positive. A SRPF Jawan (29), too, tested positive. Gadchiroli has 60 cases while 42 have been discharged.
The seven from Washim included four women and three men. A 30-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman, a 15-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl are from one family in Tamsi village. The others are a 56-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman.