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5 Vid dists in top-10 for recovery rates in state

5 Vid dists in top-10 for recovery rates in state
Nagpur: Gondia, Bhandara, Akola, Amravati and Chandrapur, five districts in Vidarbha, are among Maharashtra’s top 10 districts with highest recovery rate of Covid-19. Overall, Vidarbha’s recovery rate is higher than the state and national average so far. In district headquarters having municipal corporations, Akola has the best recovery rate in the state.
Recovery rate figures released on July 25 show that Mumbai and Sindhudurg (Konkan region), Dhule and Jalgaon (Khandesh region), and Hingoli (Marathwada) are the other in five top-ten districts.
Also, Gadchiroli, Yavatmal and Washim districts in Vidarbha are in top 15, which confirms that the overall recovery rate of Vidarbha is better.
Gondia, with 91%, leads the state in recovery rate. In municipal corporations, Akola leads Maharashtra with 75.40% recovery. TOI has reported on July 25 that Akola, despite having high number of cases and Covid-19 deaths, has been quite successful in controlling the spread of infection.
Akola district collector Jitendra Papalkar said that effective containment zones and aggressive testing was the reason behind these positive results. “Akola has conducted 18,166 tests till date. We are also conducting massive rapid antigen tests,” he said. Akola has 2,412 cases, and 1,980 of them have recovered till date.
“Statistical research has proved that Covid-19 spread is under control in Akola. Especially, in municipal corporation area, we have done very effective containment. This experience will help us bring similar control in rural parts too,” said Papalkar, adding that the focus is now on controlling spread in rural parts of district.
According to him, more rapid antigen tests will be conducted in rural area. “Our team of SDOs and tehsildars had a meeting today in which we decided to get ready to control Covid-19 in rural areas now. All above 60 years of age will be checked and swab samples of those with low oxygen levels will be collected immediately,” he said.

In Gondia, which is leading Maharashtra in recovery rate at more than 90%, the key of success is institutional quarantine of returnees. Gondia has only 245 cases, and most of them are returnees who tested positive during their institutional quarantine period. Total 221 from Gondia have recovered and 3 patients died.
Gondia was one of the districts in Maharashtra that remained in Covid-19 green zone for a long time. During this period, they got time to prepare. Till today, 8,179 swab tests have been conducted here by RT-PCR method while 1,211 samples have been tested through rapid antigen method. District collector Kadambari Balkawade has appealed to the people to come forward and test themselves in case they develop any symptoms.
Maharashtra districts with top ten recovery rate (On July 25)
District| recovery rate
Gondia| 90.10%
Bhandara| 85%
Sindhudurg| 81%
Akola| 75.5%
Mumbai| 73.15%
Amravati| 67.48%
Jalgaon| 66.11%
Hingoli|65.75%
Chandrapur| 63%
Dhule| 62%
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VIDARBHA DISTRICTS RECOVERY RATE (As on July 25)
Gondia| 90.10%
Bhandara| 85%
Akola| 75.5%
Amravati| 67.48%
Chandrapur| 63%
Gadchiroli|62.5%
Yavatmal|62.4%
Nagpur| 62.3%
Buldhana| 62%
Washim|59.2%
Wardha|45%
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Chaitanya Deshpande

Chaitanya Deshpande is Principal Correspondent at The Times of India, Nagpur. He has a PG degree in English literature and Mass communication. Chaitanya covers public health, medical issues, medical education, research in the fields of medicine, microbiology, biotechnology. He also covers culture, fine arts, theatre, folk arts, literature, and life. Proficient in Marathi and Hindi along with English, Chaitanya loves music, theatre and literature of all three languages.

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