6 deaths for sixth time in June, Vid toll 152

Nagpur: Vidarbha recorded its highest single-day spike of 170 Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday, taking the region’s count to 4,456. Also, six deaths were reported in a day for the sixth time in June, taking the death toll of Vidarbha to 152.
Three of the six deaths were reported from Akola, while one each from Nagpur, Yavatmal and Wardha.
The day also saw a record 135 patients getting recovered and discharged, for a total of 3,306 and recovery rate of 74.20% for Vidarbha.
In Nagpur district, total 69 patients recovered and got discharged in a day when 20 new cases were reported. Now, out of the total 1,450 cases, 1,133 have recovered at 78% rate.
A 24-year-old youth from Sikar, Rajasthan was brought dead at IGGMCH, Nagpur, and tested positive for Covid-19. This is 24th Covid-19 death in Nagpur, but out of them 10 were residents of other districts or states.
Akola: In a record, 89 new Covid-19 positive cases, including 50 prisoners from district jail, were reported from Akola on Sunday. Earlier, 18 prisoners from the jail had tested positive.
The remaining cases were reported from rural areas like Patur, Balapur, Akot, Barshi Takli and from Akola Municipal Corporation limits, taking the district’s total to 1,510, which is highest in Vidarbha. Nagpur is at second spot with 1,450 cases.
After a relief of two days, the district recorded three more deaths on Sunday. The deceased include a 62-year-old man from Ashok Nagar who was brought in a critical condition on June 26 and died at GMCH the same day. His samples tested positive on Sunday.
A 55-year-old man from Balapur, who was under treatment since June 14, died on June 27 late night while a 53-year-old man from Barshi Takli died on Sunday afternoon. He was admitted on June 16. The district has now recorded 77 Covid deaths.
With 1,075 recoveries, the district recovery rate is 71.20%.
AMRAVATI: The district posted its highest single-day spike of 35 Covid-19 positive cases since lockdown on Sunday, taking the total to 543. The new cases were reported from urban as well as rural areas and some patients came from Akola and Yavatmal districts too.
Among the 35 new cases, 21 are men and 14 women. They include five staffers of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Medical College (PDMC) Hospital here. Anjangaon Surji too reported five cases while seven came from Ashok Nagar in Amravati city. Badnera reported five cases to take its count to 74.
Besides Anjangaon Surji, cases were reported Waslgaon, Paratwada, Nandgaon Khandeshwar, while patients from Hiwara Dharni village in Yavatmal district, Parsoda in Akola district also tested positive here.
Mahatma Phule Hagar and Yashoda Nagar in Amravati city reported a case each.
On the other hand, 12 patients were discharged from Covid hospital here, which took the number of recovered patients to 389. The district has recorded total 543 cases, including 23 deaths, and there are 131 active cases.
YAVATMAL: A 75-year-old man died in the district on Sunday, taking the death to 11. The day also one positive case and 16 recoveries. The deceased hailed from Parthad-Gole village in Ner tehsil while the new case came from Ladkhed in Darwha tehsil. Currently, there are 51 persons admitted in the isolation ward while 97 swab samples were sent for testing.
WARDHA: A 65-year-old man from Gurgaon, who had come to Dattapur to set up a solar power project, died at Kasturba hospital, Sewagram, during Covid-19 treatment on Sunday. The deceased had tested positive on June 12.
A diabetes and high blood pressure patient, the man was put on ventilator in the intensive care unit from the beginning. During treatment his body was not responding to medicines, said doctors. His wife and son who had come with him have tested negative.
Three new cases of Covid-19 were also reported in the district on Sunday. Two of the patients are from Aurangabad and one from Pulgaon.
BULDHANA: With double-digit spike for third day in a row, Buldhana’s total Covid-19 count surpassed the 200-mark on June 28. Total 15 new cases were reported from rural areas of Shegaon, Malkapur, Sagrampur and Jalgaon-Jamod tehsils. Out of 213 cases, 144 have been discharged so far.
The district has reported 11 deaths till date while 58 patients are under treatment. Guardian minister Dr Rajendra Shingane on Sunday visited Dhamangaon Badhe village from where 11 patients and a death have been reported.
GONDIA: Gondia witnessed an increase of seven new cases on Sunday; one is a Mumbai-returnee while six others are employees of the company in Gondia whose manager had succumbed to Covid-19 in Nagpur recently.
Reports of 137 samples are awaited. Gondia has total 112 cases, out of which 102 have recovered while 10 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Washim districts did not report new cases on Sunday. Two patients each recovered from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli.