City sees 5 deaths as Vid Covid-19 toll rises to 238

Nagpur: Nagpur on Friday recorded five deaths of Covid-19 patients, highest day tally for any district in Vidarbha so far. Patients also died in Amravati, Yavatmal and Washim taking total toll in Vidarbha to 238. Three of the eight deceased are below 50 years of age, two of them are from Nagpur.
Youngest deceased was a 33-year-old man from Kamptee. Doctors told TOI the person was not having severe comorbidities but had developed severe bilateral pneumonia.Another young patient from Nagpur was a 48-year-old man from Vinoba Bhave Nagar. In Amravati, a 55-year-old man from Bichchu Tekdi area died during treatment.
Five other deceased were 60-plus in age. A woman from Nagpur died at 71, a man at 60 – both in a private hospital. A 71-year-old man from Golibar chowk in Nagpur died at IGGMCH. A 70-year-old man from Pusad died at Yavatmal while another 70-year-old from Sirpur Jain in Washim died the same day. The man who died in Washim was first deceased of Vidarbha who died after being tested positive in rapid antigen test. With 238 deaths, Vidarbha’s case fatality rate is now 2.80%, slightly higher than national average of 2.66% but lower than Maharashtra’s 3.91%.
Overall, 294 new cases were reported from the region on Friday. Highest 125 came from Nagpur followed by Amravati (58), Buldhana (27), Washim (24), Akola (21), Yavatmal (14), Chandrapur (10), Wardha (9), and two each from Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli. Total cases in Vidarbha reached 8,489.
Total 177 patients recovered in the day. Highest 79 from Nagpur, followed by 27 from Akola, Yavatmal (21), Washim (15), Buldhana (13), Chandrapur (10), Wardha (4), Bhandara (4), and Gadchiroli (2). With 5,506 people recovered, recovery rate of Vidarbha is 65%.
YAVATMAL: Yavatmal recorded its 18th Covid-19 death on Friday. A 70-year-old from Jyoti Nagar in Pusad, a tehsil in Yavatmal, died during treatment at Yavatmal GMCH. He was under treatment since July 13. Total 14 new Covid-19 patients were detected while 21 patients recovered and were discharged. Now, total cases in Yavatmal are 519, including 357 recoveries, 18 deaths and 144 under treatment.
WASHIM: A man from Shirpur Jain (Malegaon tehsil) who HAD tested positive though rapid antigen test died in Washim. This is 8th Covid-19 death of district. He was already having severe comorbidities and was also suffering renal failure. He was tested during the rapid antigen testing campaign underway in district. As his health deteriorated, he was admitted to Washim hospital at 11 am on July 16. He died during treatment on July 17. Washim added 24 new patients of Covid-19 on Friday taking total number of cases to 333 including 135 discharged and eight deaths.
AMRAVATI: death of a 55-year-old man from Bichhu Tekdi locality here and a spike of 58 cases took the district’s Covid toll to 38 and count to 1,147. Of the new cases, 21 came from rural parts, taking rural count to 172. A dozen patients got discharge today taking total to 728. This has left 381 active cases here, including 16 referred to Nagpur.
Thirty one of new cases were detected through rapid antigen test. The highest six cases came from Dhamangaon Railway while Shrinathwadi here reported five. Four cases each came from Bhuteshwar Chowk here and Daryapur town. Bartan Bazar and Hamalpura reported three cases each while two each came from police colony in Gopal Nagar , Ghanshyam Nagar in Saturna, Laxmi Nagar, Tilak Nagar in Badnera and village Thugaon in Kholapur.
The district again went into a 60-hour curfew from 7pm Friday to 7 am of Monday even as Collector Shailesh Naval announced to convert Walgaon isolation cell and VMV isolation cell here into Covid centres to cope with the growing number of patients. “Both centres have collective bed capacity of 350 and have been.made functional from this evening,” he said adding that a NICU cell had also been opened at Covid hospital to treat infants and kids.
CHANDRAPUR: Ten more positive patients were found in Chandrapur taking the total of Covid-19 cases to 228 on Friday. However, 130 patients have recovered and 98 are under treatment. New cases include a woman from Khotwadi and a person from area near BJM Carmel Academy (Tukum) in city, a person from village Nandgaon Pode, an engineer and two women from Urjanagar, a person from Khutala village, a child from Rajura, a youth from Amdi in Warora tehsil and a CRPF jawan from Ranbothli in Bramhapuri tehsil.
Meanwhile, strict lockdown for 10 days began in city from Friday. The streets wore deserted look and markets remained closed. Police have also sealed the borders of the city.
WARDHA: Four persons were discharged from the hospital in the district on Friday after beating Coronavirus. Also nine new persons were diagnosed with Covid-19. Among the patients discharged on Friday are the president of Arvi municipal council as well as patients from Pipri (Meghe), Sindhi (Meghe) and Anji. They have been kept in isolation for two days.
New cases include two men and seven women. The infected patients were in close contact with yesterday’s Covid positive patients. 56-year-old mother, 65-year-old father of Keshav city patient who had tested positive on Thursday. Three women of Hind Nagar patient’s home aged 46, 45 and 25, their two neighbours women 45-year-old and 13-year-old. Seventeen-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter of Kakada village patient while two were from Washim district.
BULDHANA: Out of 296 suspects tested on Friday, total 27 tested positive in Buldhana. This took total Covid-19 cases in district to 696. With 20 deaths and 310 recovered till date, there are 366 patients under treatment in Buldhana. More than 250 rapid antigen tests were conducted on Friday.
AKOLA: Akola received reports of 423 persons on Friday. Of these, 21 tested positive. Rapid antigen tests are being conducted in rural areas of the district now. Total Covid-19 cases in Akola are 2,026. These include 99 deaths and 1,667 patients who recovered and were discharged. Akola’s recovery rate is more than 82%. Strict lockdown has been imposed here for five days from Friday.
GONDIA: Two new corona positive cases reported in Gondia district on Friday. One is a resident of Civil Lines of Gondia who has returned from Bengaluru and other hails from Tirora tehsil. Two patients were discharged after recovery. Reports of 46 samples are awaited. Gondia now has 37 patients under treatment.
BHANDARA: Two patients tested positive in Bhandara on Friday taking total Covid-19 cases to 187. With four discharged, 99 have recovered till date. Including two deaths reported earlier this month, Bhandara has 88 patients under treatment.
GADCHIROLI: Two positive cases reported here on Friday. They are one jawan each from SRPF and CRPF. Also, two patients recovered and were discharged.