This story is from June 28, 2020

Sudden surge in Akola’s neighbouring districts, 2 deaths recorded in Amravati

Sudden surge in Akola’s neighbouring districts, 2 deaths recorded in Amravati
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NAGPUR: After wreaking havoc in Akola with more than 1400 positive cases and 74 deaths, it seems that the novel coronavirus has made its way into the rural areas of the neighbouring districts – Buldhana and Washim. On June 27, Akola recorded 57 new cases, Buldhana (15) and Washim (10) out of the 142 cases reported from Vidarbha region. Two women Covid-19 patients died in Amravati while undergoing treatment, taking Vidarbha’s death toll to 146.

Vidarbha’s Covid-19 cases touched 4286 on June 26. With 67 patients recovered in a day, the number of recovered patients also surged to 3171. The recovery rate of the region was 73.98% which is way higher than the state’s 52% and the national average of 58%.
Two deaths in Amravati took the total death toll of this district to 23. While the death rate in Vidarbha remained around 3.41%, the national fatality rate was 3%.
Akola recorded 57 new cases on June 27. The only bright spot was that no death was reported from the district for the second consecutive day. The situation is turning out to be alarming in the neighbouring Buldhana and Washim districts.
With 10 cases on June 27, Washim is just 3 short of 100. Buldhana also reported 15 cases. All these cases were either from remote villages or from tehsil places in these districts. Most cases had connections with returnees and already positive patients. This development hints at the rural spread of Covid-19 in Akola, Washim and Buldhana districts.
AMRAVATI: Two covid deaths and 22 new cases, 9 of them from the rural belt and 2 from Akot town in Akola district, have taken the district’s death toll to 23 and Covid patients’ count past the 500-mark to 508 on Saturday. The 9 cases from the rural belt also took the rural Covid-19 count to 51.

According to the civil surgeon’s office report, two women, aged 77 and 40, both from Sabanpura locality, died at the Covid ward. The former tested positive on June 24 and died on Saturday afternoon at the Covid ward of Best Hospital, while the latter, reported to be a eunuch, died on June 25, but her report was positive. Sabanpura has 15 cases against its name, including these two deaths.
Amravati crossed the 500 mark and became the third such district in Vidarbha after Akola and Nagpur. The first case was reported on April 4 and the 100th, 43 days later on May 16. The 200th and 300th case were recorded in 13 days each on May 29 and June 11 respectively, while the 400th came in the next eight days on June 19. Eight days later, the 500th case was recorded on Saturday.
In a relief of sorts, 27 patients recovered and were discharged on Saturday to take the count of recovered patients to 377, including nine discharged from Nagpur and four from Best Hospital here. Now, there are 105 active cases, including six in Nagpur.
CHANDRAPUR: 9 more people were found positive, taking the total to 80 in on Saturday. After the recovery of 51 patients, the total of active patients now stands at 30. Four of them are from Bramhapuri town and two others from Gangalwadi.
YAVATMAL: Yavatmal recorded four new positive cases, taking the tally to 67. One of the already admitted patients has recovered and was discharged. The GMCH has received 138 reports in the last 24 hours of which 134 were negative and 4 were positive. Of the 4 new positive cases, two (one male and one female) are from Yavatmal city while the other two are from Darwha and Wani and they are females.
WARDHA: A 29-year-old woman from Arvi tested positive on Saturday afternoon. As a result, the number of active patients in the district has increased to 3 and the total number of corona patients is now 15. The woman, who was diagnosed with coronavirus, had travelled to Buldana and Amravati for a wedding and returned on June 17. She was placed under home-quarantine. On June 25, she complained of a headache and cough. Her swab sample was sent to the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Sewagram for testing. Her report stated coronavirus positive. She was rushed to Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital in Sawangi for treatment. People close to her as well as low risk persons are being traced and the process of restricting the Jajuwadi area (Arvi) where the patient was staying is under way, informed the district administration.
GONDIA: A Mumbai returnee was found corona positive in Gondia on June 27, taking the number of total cases to 105. As 102 of them have already recovered and discharged, active cases in Gondia district are 3. Reports of 394 samples are awaited.
BHANDARA: Bhandara was the only district in Vidarbha’s 11 districts on June 27 to report no new case at all. Seven patients recovered from Bhandara and were discharged. With 58 out of 71 patients at home, Bhandara has only 21 active cases at present.
GADCHIROLI: A 19-year-old boy from Armori in Gadchiroli tested positive on June 27, taking the total cases in the district to 65. However, 49 patients have already been discharged. Only 15 active patients are in hospitals and they are also recovering fast.
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