Vidarbha surpasses 4,000 mark, more than 50% cases came in June

NAGPUR: Covid-19 cases in Vidarbha region on Thursday surpassed the 4,000-mark. Total 71 new cases were reported from the region taking total to 4,056. Out of these, 2,379 cases (58.66%) were reported in 25 days of June alone which means the relaxation of lockdown is in fact bringing more Covid-19 cases to the region.
Out of 2,379 cases in June, nearly 50% (1,055) are of the returnees who travelled back from hotspot regions like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and those who were brought back to Vidarbha from abroad via Vande Bharat flights.
Recovery rate has always been a plus point for Vidarbha. Total number of patients who recovered and discharged is also heading towards 3,000-mark. Out of total 4,056, total 2,982 patients have already recovered which means the recovery rate is 73.53% — one of the best in the country for a region having more than 4,000 cases.
Nagpur, as expected, has highest cases in Vidarbha at 1,385. But, with 1,045 of them recovered and discharged, the recovery rate of Nagpur is 73.35% which is highest in districts where total Covid-19 cases are more than 1,000 in Maharashtra. Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Palghar, Nashik, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Akola, Solapur and Raigad have more than 1,000 cases but none of these have more than 65% recovery rate.
In Vidarbha, Akola is the only district apart from Nagpur where Covid-19 cases are more than 1,000. On Thursday, total 33 cases were added in Akola taking total to 1,342. Akola’s recovery rate is 70% as 990 of the total patients have been recovered from here.
According to the health officials, increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Vidarbha, especially during unlock phase is not a major cause of concern.
“Even if the positive cases are more than 4,000, active cases in Vidarbha are less than 1,000. As far as active cases are concerned, only 5% of them are having moderate or serious symptoms. Others are either asymptomatic or showing very mild symptoms,” said a senior official from state health department. Most of the patients in Vidarbha barring Nagpur, Akola and Amravati districts are returnees. They are young and healthy people and have all chances of recoveries. Health department is presently focusing on curbing number of deaths in the region. Vidarbha has 141 Covid-19 deaths with 76 of them reported only in the month of June.