First Covid-19 death in Gondia, Vid cases nearing 5k

Nagpur: Gondia, where Covid-19 spread had remained fairly in control for the last four months, registered its first Covid death on July 1. A 72-year-old man, a resident of Khodseoni village of Sadak-Arjuni tehsil, died during treatment at GMC, Gondia. He had tested positive on June 29. While most of the patients in Gondia are returnees and getting cured, this patient was a close contact of a young patient who had returned last month from one of the Covid hotspot zones.
Akola, where Covid-19 death rate is highest in Vidarbha, also registered three deaths in a day on Thursday.With this, Vidarbha’s Covid-19 death count surged to 163. Now, only Chandrapur and Bhandara are the only two districts in Vidarbha from where no Covid death has been reported so far.
July began with 165 cases on day 1 and the surge continued on second day too. Total 141 cases were reported from Vidarbha on Thursday. Highest 39 were reported from Akola, followed by Nagpur (33), Amravati (25), Gondia (14), Washim (9), Yavatmal (8), Buldhana (7), Gadchiroli (5), and Wardha (1). With this, total cases in Vidarbha have reached 4,950, 50 short of 5,000-mark. As per earlier projections, 5,000 cases were to recorded by July 8, but it seems this will surpass on July 3 itself.
Against 141 new cases, only 73 patients recovered in a day, and 35 of them were from Akola. Nagpur (16), Buldhana (7), Amravati (6), Yavatmal (3), Washim (3), Chandrapur (2), and Gadchiroli (1) followed. Total 3,672 patients have recovered till date which means more than 74% recovery rate for Vidarbha.
AKOLA: Worst hit by Covid-19, Akola reported 39 new cases and three deaths on July 2. A 65-year-old woman from Telhara was admitted on June 29 and died on June 30. Her swab samples tested positive on July 2. A 65-year-old woman from Jalgaon-Jamod in Buldhana district was admitted as Covid-19 patient in GMCH Akola since June 21. She also died during treatment on July 2. A 71-year-old man from Akot, who was admitted since June 22, also died. This took total death toll of Akola to 83. A man who returned from Kyrgyzstan tested positive in Akola. District administration said he was kept in institutional quarantine since his arrival, which saved further spread of infection. Akola now has 324 active cases.
AMRAVATI: Spike of 25 new Covid-19 cases took Amravati’s patient count 600 past to 617. It took just five days for the district to record a jump from 500 to 600, the fastest of the six 100s. While the first 100 came in 43 days on May 16 since the reporting of the first case on April 4, the next two 100s took 13 days each on May 29 and June 11. The fourth and fifth 100 came in eight days each on June 19 and June 27, respectively, and 600 was crossed on July 2 in just five since June 27. A release from civil surgeon’s office said six patients tested positive from Ashoknagar to take the locality’s patient count to 15 while a man from Datta Colony in Old City, Badnera, and a girl from New City tested positive to take the town’s count to 82.
Anjangaon Surji, which reported the district’s 25th death on Wednesday, today gave three new cases, males aged 37 and 22 and a female aged 55, to take the town’s count to 18 since the detection of the first case on June 22. PDMC Hospital here today saw its two staffers contracting the virus when two 27 years old females tested positive to take the number of hospital staffers infected with the virus to 13.
A 70-year-old female from Sayma Colony in Paratwada tested positive on Thursday to take the town’s patient count to six. Gopalnagar here too posted its sixth case through a 24 years old female, while Mahendra Colony opened its account with a 41-year-old male testing positive.
The youngest of the day’s case is a boy aged one-and-a-half years, who tested positive from Om Colony to post the colony’s third case. In the evening, new cases came from Chakradharnagar, Chavarenagar, Daroga Plot, Kanwarnagar, Sindhunagar, Ambikanagar, Pannalalnagar and Sahakarnagar. With six patients getting discharge on Thursday, the number of recovered patients has gone up to 416.
YAVATMAL: The district recorded 8 new positive cases on Thursday. The virus revisited Yavatmal city, with two men from Bhosa Road testing positive for Covid-19. The administration on Thursday sealed Kannya Society area of the city. Of the 8 new positive patients, 6 are men and 2 women. Two men each have tested positive in Yavatmal city, Pusad and Darwha, and one woman each from Digras and Arni, respectively. Currently, 63 Covid patients are in the isolation ward of Government Medical College and Hospital, Yavatmal. Three patients were discharged on Thursday.
The district has recorded 300 Covid-19 positive cases since March 11, of whom 226 patients have been discharged. An electronic media professional was earlier found positive and has been admitted in the isolation ward for the last four days. 42 swab samples were sent to the lab on Thursday. In all, 5,149 samples have been sent to lab so far, of which 4,952 reports have been received and 197 awaited. A total of 4,654 persons tested negative for Covid-19 in the district.
WARDHA: A 27-year-old, who had returned from Tirupati recently, tested Covid positive on Thursday. The youth, a resident of Vivekanand Nagar in Nalwadi area, was placed in home quarantine soon after his arrival on June 27. On June 30, he was admitted to civil hospital here after it was learnt that his cousin had tested Covid positive in Tirupati. His swab samples were sent for testing on Wednesday and the report came positive on Thursday. The patient was later shifted to Kasturba hospital, said district health officer.
BULDHANA: Total seven new Covid-19 cases were reported from Khamgaon, Sindakhed Raja, Buldhana and worst-hit Malkapur tehsil in Buldhana. These include 74-year-old man from Malkapur from where three deaths have already been reported. Buldhana now has 260 cases, including 154 recoveries and 12 deaths.
GADCHIROLI: Five new cases were reported in Gadchiroli, all of them are returnees from other districts or states. This took total cases to 72. One woman recovered from Covid-19 on Thursday taking total recoveries to 58. Now, Gadchiroli has 13 active patients.
GONDIA: Number of Covid-19 cases continued to surge in Gondia with 14 fresh cases on July 2 apart from a death of a 72-year-old patient. District collector Dr Kadambari Balkawde has issued an order on July 1 to take strict action against individuals and establishments violating guidelines issued by administration to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in district.
CHANDRAPUR: While no new case was reported from Chandrapur and Bhandara, two patients recovered from Chandrapur taking total count of recovered patients to 56 out of total 98 cases. Now, Chandrapur has 42 active cases.