Nagpur: A 94-year-old man in Amravati triumphed over coronavirus and walked out of hospital on Sunday. Bhojraj Punse, a resident of Hanuman Nagar in Amravati became positive of July 19 along with three others but never lost heart. He is now oldest Covid-19 survivor of Vidarbha.
Civil Surgeon Dr Shyamsunder Nikam and staff at the Covid hospital congratulated and wished him long life as the veteran headed for home with the support of a walker.
“The old man was courageous during treatment,” said Dr Nikam.
Apart from this rare recovery, Sunday was full of milestones for Vidarbha. Covid-19 cases surpassed 12,000 mark and reached 12,040 with 449 new casesin the region. Nagpur, where the two-day Janata Curfew concluded on July 26, reported highest 225 cases in a day. It was followed by Amravati (62), Buldhana (61), Akola (29), Yavatmal (26), Wardha (14), Washim (13), Chandrapur (7), Bhandara (7), Gondia (3), Gadchiroli (1). It took just 48 hours for cases to reach from 11,000 to 12,000 and above.
With 11 deaths in a day, Vidarbha’s death toll also reached 315 on Sunday. Nagpur once again recorded highest seven deaths. Amravati reported two while Akola and Yavatmal reported one death each. Case fatality rate of Vidarbha was 2.61% on Sunday, which is still lower than Maharashtra’s 3.6% but slightly higher than national average of 2.31%.
Total 279 patients recovered from the region. With Nagpur (67), Buldhana (67), Amravati (44), Yavatmal (29), Chandrapur (28), Washim (15), Akola (14), Wardha (10), Bhandara (3), and Gondia (2) making the tally. Total 8,013 patients have recovered in Vidarbha which means recovery rate is 66.5%, well above State’s 57% and national average of 63%.
AMRAVATI: Two men, a 52-year-old from Zamzam Nagar and a 59-year-old from Nishad colony, died at Covid hospital during treatment on Sunday. These two deaths and a spike of 62 cases on Sunday took Amravati’s death toll to 49 and the case count to 1,731. With 44 patients getting discharge, the count of recovered patients went up to 1,142. The number of active patients is now 540, including 14 taking treatment in Nagpur.
AKOLA: A 45-year-old man from Mohta Mills area in Akola died during treatment on July 26. He was admitted in Covid hospital since July 22. This took total number of Covid-19 deaths in Akola to 109. Number of daily Covid-19 tests in Akola is still above 300 but the number of positive patients has gone down significantly now. On Sunday, 337 samples were tested on RT-PCR and 12 tested positive. On the other hand 167 rapid antigen tests were conducted and 17 of them tested positive. This took total Covid-19 cases to 2,412. With 1,980 discharged, total 323 are under treatment.
YAVATMAL: Recording Covid-19 death for fifth day in a row, Yavatmal’s death count reached 28 on Sunday. A 60-year-old woman from Mominpura in Arni town, tested positive post-death. Twenty five others from Pandharkawada, Pusad, Wani and Yavatmal city also tested positive. Total 29 patients recovered and were discharged on Sunday. Now, Yavatmal has 238 under treatment.
CHANDRAPUR: With the detection of seven more positive cases, Chandrapur on Sunday crossed 400 mark. The latest 100 came in 6 days, like the previous hundred. The present total cases here stand at 403. Twenty eight were cured during last 24 hours. Total discharged patients are 248, while 155 are under treatment. Health department officials have claimed that doubling rate in Chandrapur district is now 15.3 days. So far 102 patients have been detected in Chandrapur city, whereas 140 have been detected in Ballarpur, Warora, Rajura, Bhadrawati, Bramhapuri, Korpana, Nagbhid and Gadchandur towns. Remaining 155 belong to rural areas. No local patient from district has died so far.
WARDHA: On Sunday, 14 more Covid-19 positive cases were reported. They are from Arvi (7), Wardha (5), and one each from Ghorad village of Selu tehsil and Kakada village in Karanja tehsil. Ten patients defeated coronavirus and were discharged from Kasturba Hospital. Total 146 reports were received on Sunday. Now, Wardha has 163 total cases, 99 of them recovered, six deaths and 58 under treatment.
WASHIM: Sunday saw 13 new Covid-19 positive cases and 15 discharges. Cases came from Karanja Lad, Washim city, and rural areas of Mangrulpir and Risod Tehsils. Now, Washim has 531 total cases, including 295 discharged and nine deaths. Total 227 are under treatment.
BULDHANA: With a sudden surge of 61 new cases, Buldhana became 4th district of Vidarbha after Nagpur, Amravati and Akola to surpass 1000-mark. Interestingly, 50 of the 61 new cases reported from RT-PCR tests and remaining 11 came from rapid antigen tests. Total 225 tests (100 rapid and 125 RT-PCR) were conducted on Sunday. Buldhana has been conducting rapid antigen tests for past two weeks.
As patients are detected at early stage of infection in this test, more are recovering daily. On Sunday, 67 patients recovered taking total number of recovered patients to 653. With 25 Covid-19 deaths till date, Buldhana has 327 patients under treatment.
GONDIA: Three more Covid-19 positive cases registered in Gondia district on Sunday. Two of them hail from Tirora tehsil and one is a native of Deori tehsil. Two Bharat Battalion jawans posted at Chichgarh of Deori recovered and were discharged on Sunday. Gondia now has 245 cases, of which 221 have been discharged, 3 have died and 21 are under treatment.
BHANDARA: Seven new cases detected while three patients got discharged here. This took total number of cases to 230 and recoveries to 182. With three deaths reported earlier this month, total 46 patients are under treatment in Bhandara.
GADCHIROLI: After reporting a spike of 62 cases on Saturday, only one new case reported n Sunday. Total cases reached 511, including 254 recovered and one death.