Five dead as Vidarbha records over 200 cases for 3rd day

NAGPUR: Vidarbha recorded five Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, taking the total death toll to 199 in the region. The youngest deceased was a 40-yr-old man from Gondia district. Two patients died in Buldhana, which surpassed Yavatmal in number of cases (445) and deaths (17) and became 4th worst-hit district of Vidarbha.
A woman died in Akola while a patient from Washim who was admitted in Akola also succumbed to Covid-19.
With Vidarbha recording 235 new cases, it was for third day in a row and fourth in July when the region reported more than 200 cases. Total cases have now reached 6,792. Nagpur continued to record highest cases (61) in Vidarbha.
Amravati witnessed the highest single day spike with 60 cases, one of them being an MLC from the district, followed by Buldhana (32), Washim (22), Yavatmal (20), Akola (10), Gadchiroli (8), Gondia (8), Chandrapur (7), Wardha (4), and Bhandara (3).
On the recovery front, 82 patients got discharge from hospitals. They include Amravati (30), Akola (14), Buldhana (11), Bhandara (7), Gondia (7), Washim (5), Nagpur (3), Yavatmal (2), Wardha (2), and Chandrapur (1). With 4,584 patients getting well till date, the recovery rate of Vidarbha is 67.50%, ahead of Maharashtra’s 59.77% and national average of nearly 63%.
BULDHANA: Two patients died during treatment in the district. A 65-yr-old man from Khamgaon, and a 55-yr-old woman from Chikhli died at the General Hospital. This took the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Buldhana to 17. Minister of food and drugs administration Dr Ravindra Shingle, who is from the district, assured that Buldhana will get separate stock of life saving Remdesivir injections by Monday. Total number of Covid-19 cases in Buldhana surged to 445 with 32 new cases. Total 11 patients have recovered taking the number of such patients to 235. It has recorded 17 deaths so far. Total 193 patients are undergoing treatment.
WASHIM: A patient from Washim who was referred to Akola for further treatment died on Friday, taking the death toll in the district to 5. Washim also reported 22 new cases, while 5 patients got discharge. Total number of under-treatment patients is 95.
AKOLA: A 67-year-old woman died during treatment in one of the private hospitals acquired by the Akola district administration for Covid-19 treatment. The deceased was from Balapur and was admitted on July 3. This was the 92nd death in Akola where the fatality rate is 5.90%, the highest in Vidarbha. With 10 new patients and 14 recovered in a day, the number of under-treatment patients is 303.
GONDIA: A 40-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment at Covid health centre of a hospital of Tiroda, died. On the same day, 8 persons tested positive while 7 patients returned home after recovering.
AMRAVATI: Posting its highest single day spike of 60 since the lockdown, the district crossed the 800 cases mark in just five days. It had reached 700 cases on July 6. The 60 cases took the district’s count to 855. Among these was a Subhash Colony-based 55-year-old MLC of the district who had been frequenting Mumbai over teachers’ problems in last three months. He got himself tested by rapid antigen test at PDMC here and when found positive, was referred to Nagpur for treatment, a health official said. Total 30 patients got discharge to take the number of recovered patients to 595. The number of active cases is now 230, including 15 taking treatment in Nagpur.
CHANDRAPUR: Seven more Covid-19 cases were detected here, taking the total to 169. However, 94 patients have been cured so far while the remaining 75 are under treatment and stable. Of the seven positive patients, three are Hyderabad returnees. The youngsters were working for a biscuit factory. Two are from Gadisurla in Mul tehsil and one hails from Bagad Khidki locality in Chandrapur city. They were close contacts of an earlier positive patient from Gadisurla and used to live with him in the same flat in Hyderabad.
Apart from the trio, a 30-year-old from Tadali, a 24-year-old woman from Urjanagar, a 14-year-old boy from Ghugus and a 45-year-old from Neri in Chimur tehsil tested positive on Saturday. All have a travel history and were either in home or institutional quarantine.
WARDHA: The district registered five new Covid-19 positive patients, including a senior officer in the collector’s office. Of them, two are women who are close contacts of a 33-year-old newly wed man of Pipri (Meghe).
A 44-year-old man from Arvi and a 27-year-old woman who had come from Akola for treatment are among the new patients. The 53-year-old senior officer at the collector’s office had returned from Dhule and was under quarantine.
Following increase in cases in connection to the marriage function in Pipri (Meghe), district collector Vivek Bhimanwar issued an order on Saturday tightening norms for such ceremonies. In modification of an earlier order which allowed 50 guests at marriage ceremonies, now only 20 persons — 10 each from groom and bride’s side — can take part and they all have to be in quarantine for the next 14 days. No person from containment zones will be permitted to attend the function. If rules are violated, offences will be lodged.
GADCHIROLI: Six CRPF Jawans and two women from Sironcha tested positive here, taking the total number of cases here to 171, including 8 from other districts/states.
YAVATMAL: 13 men and 7 women from Yavatmal tested positive, taking the number of Covid-19 cases to 418. Two patients got discharge with which total number of recovered patients reached 285. Cases are now coming from Yavatmal city as five of the 20 are from Lahan Wadgaon and Tayade Nagar area. Others are from Digras, Pusad, and Pandharkawda tehsils. Total 118 patients are under treatment here.
BHANDARA: Three new cases were reported while 7 patients recovered from Bhandara. Now, 87 of the 164 pateints in Bhandara have recovered. Total 77 are under treatment here. Bhandara and Chandrapur are the only two districts in Vidarbha where no Covid-19 death has been reported yet.