18 inmates of Akola jail test Covid-19 positive

NAGPUR: In a first, 18 inmates (all men) of Akola district jail tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday confirming the entry of novel coronavirus in prisons of Vidarbha. Total 310 samples, including those referred from Akola district jail, were tested on Wednesday out of which 65 (20 women and 45) tested positive apart from the 18 inmates.
Nagpur reported 40 new patients, followed by Amravati (14), Yavatmal (11), Buldhana (3), Washim (2), Gondia (2), and Chandrapur (1).Total 138 new cases were reported in a day, taking Vidarbha’s total to 3,985, just 15 shy of the 4,000-mark.
In a major relief, the number of patients who recovered from Covid-19 is also set to reach 3,000-mark. On June 24, a record 163 patients recovered from Vidarbha region. This is highest single-day recovery number for the region till date. Out of the 163, highest 79 recovered from Akola followed by Nagpur (25), Yavatmal (17), Gondia (14), Buldhana (13), Amravati (9), Washim (4), and Bhandara (2) taking the total recoveries to 2,814. With this, recovery rate of Vidarbha surged to 70.61%.
Covid-19 deaths, however, continued to haunt the region. Four patients, who were under treatment at Akola, died on Wednesday. Two of the four deceased were below 50 years of age. Youngest among the deceased was a 43-year-old man from Balapur, who was admitted since June 9. A 48-year-old man from Dabki Road also died during treatment. He was also under treatment since June 9. An 80-year-old woman from Kama Plots and a 70-year-old man from Sontakke Plots died on June 23 late night. Both were under treatment for more than 4 days. With this, Vidarbha death toll has reached 136.
AMRAVATI: Three members of a Habibnagar family, a woman doctor from PDMC Hospital and a one-year-old boy from Sabanpura locality are among 14 new cases that tested positive on Wednesday to take the district’s Covid count past 450-mark to 460.
Nine patients also staged recovery on June 24 and got discharged from the Covid Hospital, which took the number of recovered patients to 321.
A release by civil surgeon’s office said a 15-year-old girl and her father (48) and mother (40) tested positive on Wednesday. They are the contacts of a 74-year-old woman, who died on June 22 after testing positive. The trio, residents of Kachchi Masjid area in Habibnagar No.1, took Habibnagar’s count to 19.
Amba Gate reported its third case today through a man aged 40, who lives near Datt temple.
Sabanpura reported four cases to take its count to 12 today when a 28-year-old youth and a 77-year-old woman tested positive along with a 25-year-old woman and her one-year-old son.
A 70-year-old man from Jama Masjid area in Badnera’s Old City, took the town’s count to 60, the highest from any single locality of the district. The town, which observed a spontaneous 4-day janata curfew to break the Covid chain, will return to routine from Thursday as markets reopen on odd-even basis. AMC commissioner Prashant Rode praised the townsmen for showing exemplary discipline during the 4-day janata curfew.
Badnera also saw relatives of a 58-year-old deceased Malipura woman asking police to perform her last rites as per government rules as the June 21 deceased positive woman’s husband is under treatment at Covid Hospital and there is none in her family to perform the last rites. AMC health team led by medical officer (sanitation) Dr Seema Netam performed the last rites at Hindu Smashan Sanstha here as per government protocol.
PDMC Hospital, where nurses have struck work since Tuesday, today saw a 26-year-old lady doctor serving there testing positive. She is the second from the hospital to test positive. Mahajanpura (M 20), Ashoknagar (M 50), Topenagar (M 47) and Visawa Colony (M 31) saw Covid virus entering there for the first time. Meanwhile, with all members of Sadar Bazar-based oil trader’s family testing negative after treatment, the twin towns of Achalpur-Paratwada have become Covid-free. The district’s number of active cases has now gone up to 120, including 11 under treatment in Nagpur.
YAVATMAL: Eleven new cases were reported on Wednesday which took the patient tally to 72 in Yavatmal. On the other hand, 17 patients were discharged from the isolation ward of GMCH. Among the 11 positives are 5 men and 6 women. They include a man each from Yavatmal city and Wani and one woman from Digras, 2 women and a man from Darwha while 2 men and 2 women from Ner. As on June 24, GMCH Yavatmal isolation ward has 58 persons admitted there.
CHANDRAPUR: One more person tested positive to Covid-19 infection in Chandrapur city on Wednesday taking the total of patients to 62 in the district. The new patient is a 19-year-old living with a family, three members of which had tested positive on Tuesday. All three had arrived in Lumbini Nagar here from Hyderabad on June 16 and were home quarantined. A total of 43 patients have been discharged and only 19 active patients are left in the district.
GONDIA: Fourteen patients recovered and discharged on June 24 in the district. Two fresh Covid-19 cases also reported after 6 days of no cases. Both are foreign returnees and natives of Tirora. Reports of 87 samples are awaited.
BULDHANA: While three new cases were reported, 13 recovered in Buldhana on June 24. Buldhana now has 169 cases, with 135 recovered and 10 deaths. Total 24 active cases are undergoing treatment here.
WASHIM: With 2 new patients — a couple returned from Mumbai — testing positive on June 24, Washim’s total cases have reached 85. Total 4 patients recovered, with which Washim’s active patient count is now 31.
Wardha, Bhandara and Gadchiroli reported no new patient on Wednesday.