Vid passes 5,000 mark, 3 Covid deaths in a day

Nagpur: With three deaths and 150 new cases in a day, Vidarbha Covid-19 cases passed the 5,000-figure on Friday. In first three days of July, the region reported 456 cases and nine deaths, for a total of 5,100, including 3,767 recoveries, 166 deaths, and 1,167 active cases in 11 districts. Remarkably, 10 of the 11 districts, barring Bhandara, recorded new cases on Friday.
Three deaths on July 3 came from Yavatmal, Buldhana and Akola — all three in Amravati division.In Akola, a 65-year-old man from Shankar Nagar, admitted in GMCH since June 23, died during treatment. This was the 84 death in Akola.
In Yavatmal, a woman from Kelapur tehsil died during treatment. In Buldhana, an 88-year-old man from Sati File village in Khamgaon tehsil was brought in a critical condition to Buldhana District Hospital. His samples were taken on July 2, and he died the same night. His samples tested positive on July 3. This was the 13th Covid death in Buldhana.
On July 3, highest 70 cases came from Nagpur, including 42 from Central Jail. Amravati had 33 new cases, one of them the first in tribal dominated Dharni tehsil in Melghat. Gondia and Buldhana reported 11 cases each, followed by Akola (10), Yavatmal (5), Chandrapur (4), Washim (3), Wardha (2), and Gadchiroli (1).
Total 95 patients recovered including Nagpur (31), Akola (22), Amravati (13), Buldhana (8), Wardha (9), Yavatmal (6), Washim (4), and Bhandara (2). As recoveries were less than new cases, recovery rate came down slightly to under 74%, which is better than Maharashtra’s 59.52% and India’s 60%.
Akola: The district recorded 10 new cases while 22 patients recovered. The district now has 311 active patients. Recovery rate in Akola is 76%.
Amravati: After staying Covid-free for a hundred days, tribal Melghat region got its first case on Friday. A total of 33 cases took the district’s count to 650. Chikhaldara in Melghat tribal belt is yet to report a case while Dharni got its first via a Hyderabad-returnee 30-year-old man.
Two more cases came from rural belt to take the rural count to 77. These cases came from Nandgaonpeth and Nandgaon Khandeshwar. In city, Ashok Nagar got five cases to take its count to 20 while Habib Nagar too saw a case to take its count to 20. Today, 13 patients were discharged.
Hotspot Badnera took its count to 84 with two cases from Malipura in Old City. New cases emerged for the first time from Saraswati Nagar, Aadarsh Nehru Nagar, Jail Road QT Center, Asiad Colony, Chandani Chowk, Bhim Nagar and Gajanan Nagar while Nawathe Nagar (1), Dastur Nagar (2), and Mahajanpura (1) added new cases.
Chandrapur: Chandrapur crossed 100 patients with 4 positives late on Thursday night and 8 more on Friday for a total of 110. Chandrapur took 62 days to reach 100 patients, with the last 50 added in 16 days. Health officials claimed there is no community infection so far, and nearly all patients are those who had travelled from other cities to Chandrapur, or their contacts.
There is no Covid death so far, and 56 patients have been discharged, with 56 active patients left. Collector Dr Kunal Khemnar has made institutional quarantine mandatory for all persons coming from outside the district.
The 4 positives of Thursday night include a case each from Warora, Urja Nagar, Chandrapur city and Gadchandur. One of the four from Warora is a contact of positive patients, while others have travelled from red zone cities. Eight positive patients were detected in Bramhapuri, Gangalwadi, Nilaj and Wandre villages in Brahmapuri tehsil. While two have travel history, others are contacts of patients.
Wardha: A 36-year-old and a 57-year-old woman from Arvi and Wardha tested positive on Friday. The reports of 32 close contacts of these two are awaited, and they are in isolation wards. Other 52 low-contact individuals have been quarantined at Covid Care Centres.
The woman from Arvi had gone to Thergaon in Pune on June 11 to attend a marriage, returned on June 25 and was in home quarantine. She was admitted due to fever and cough. After testing positive on Friday, she was admitted to Kasturba Hospital, Sewagram. The mother of a youth who was tested positive on Thursday also tested positive and was admitted at Kasturba Hospital.
YAVATMAL: Yavatmal recorded the death of a woman from Kelapur taking the death toll to 12. Five new cases tested positive taking the total active patients to 69. Out of these one woman died and six were discharged, taking the actual figure to 62. In the last 24 hours, GMC received 155 test reports of which 148 are negative, and 76 reports are awaited.
BULDHANA: Continuing surge in cases, Buldhana reported 11 cases, including an 88-year-old man who died on Thursday. Most cases in Buldhana are from rural areas. Some 300 test reports are still awaited.
WASHIM: After reconciliation of deaths and cases, one person from Nashik who died in Wardha has been included in the deceased list of Washim. Apart from this, 3 new cases were reported while 4 patients were discharged. Washim now has 32 active patients.
GONDIA: Eleven more positive cases were reported in Gondia district. Eight are natives of Gondia, 1 is from Tirora and 2 from Sadak Arjuni tehsils. Reports of 193 samples are awaited.