40-year-old Covid-19 patient ends life in Washim, 16 deaths in Vidarbha

NAGPUR: A 40-year-old Covid-19 patient from Karanja Lad town in Washim district committed suicide on Friday due to stress and trauma after testing positive. This is the second suicide by a positive patient in Vidarbha, the first being by a 30-year-old labourer in Akola in May.
Washim district collector Hrishikesh Modak confirmed that the man was having several health problems and was already in distress.“He was dejected after testing positive for Covid-19,” he said.
On July 29, he ran away from the Covid Care Centre and Karanja police were searching for him. His body was found in a farm well on Karanja-Kherda road on Friday, said police. Karanja Lad town has already registered four Covid-19 deaths till date.
Apart from the suicide, Washim also reported three Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Vidarbha reported 16 deaths and 641 new cases on Friday. Of the 16 deaths, eight were reported from Nagpur alone. Vidarbha’s fatality rate is 2.6% which is higher than the national average of 2.9%.
The day also saw 508 patients getting discharge after recovery. The region has reported total 14,975 cases so far.
The number of recovered patients also surpassed the 10,000 mark on Friday. With 10,193 recovered till date, Vidarbha’s recovery rate is 68% which is better than Maharashtra’s 60% and national average of 64%.
Washim: Apart from the suicide by a 40-year-old patient, a 67-year-old man from Selu Bazar, and a 56-year-old man from Karanja Lad died on Thursday night while a 78-year-old man from Karanja Lad town who tested positive in Amravati died on Friday. Washim has total 594 cases with 386 recoveries and 16 deaths while 192 patients are under treatment.
Amravati: Three deaths and a spike of 92 cases on Friday took the district’s toll to 61 and caseload to 2,157. July witnessed 37 deaths and 1,541 cases. The day also saw 87 patients getting discharge to take the number of recovered patients to 1513, leaving 534 patients under treatment.
A 78-year-old woman from Civil Lines, Paratwada, a 65-year-old woman from Asir Colony here died at Covid hospital on Friday while a 53-year-old male from Belpura locality died at PDMC Hospital, a CS office report said.
In Amravati rural, 35 cases were reported from Warud while Her Pingalai town in Morshi tehsil reported two to take its own count to 16. Paratwada, Achalpur, Nimbhora and Walgaon reported a case each.
In city, Namuna Lanes, SRPF Camp and Badnera reported three cases each to take their count to 13, 18 and 178 respectively. With two new cases, Krushnanagar took its own tally to 14. Rahulnagar, Belpura and Kholapuri Gate reported a case each that took their count to 22 each.
A case each was reported from different localities of the city.
Buldhana: Record 580 tests were done in a day in Buldhana on Friday. Of them, 59 tested positive taking the district’s caseload to 1,268. A 72-year-old man from Deshmukh Plot, Khamgaon, under treatment at Covid Care Centre in Khamgaon died on Thursday taking the district’s toll to 30. The day also saw 43 patients getting discharge, taking number of recovered patients to 787. Buldhana has 451 patients under treatment.
Yavatmal: A record 121 cases were detected in Yavatmal on Friday, taking total cases beyond the 1000-mark. Now, Yavatmal has 1076 cases, and became 5th district in Vidarbha to have more than 1000 cases. Even if the district recorded highest single day spike in Covid-19 cases, only six of them are from Yavatmal city. All others are from rural area. They include 50 from Pusad, 44 from Digras, 20 from Pandharkawda and 1 from Darwha. With 31 patients recovering in a day, total 596 patients have already recovered from Yavatmal. The district has reported 29 Covid-19 deaths so far. Total 451 patients are under treatment here. Yavatmal district has conducted 17123 tests so far.
Akola: After conducting 582 rapid antigen tests and 328 RT-PCR tests in lab, Akola reported 44 new patients, most of them from tehsil places and rural area on Friday. Now, Akola has total 2,623 cases. After 2,096 recoveries and 113 deaths, 414 patients are under treatment in Akola district. The positivity rate of district is 13.2%, which is lowest in last two months. District health authorities in Akola have claimed that the spread is under control in municipal corporation area and cases are now coming mostly from rural parts.
Gadchiroli: In a respite, total 90 patients recovered in a day in Gadchiroli on Friday. Now, out of total 577 cases, 427 have recovered while are 149 are under treatment. Most of the discharged patients are SRPF Jawans. Six new cases were reported, including a nurse from district hospital and a person from rural area who had been admitted for some ailment.
Wardha: Seven new positive patient were added while 12 got discharge on Friday. The cases came from Arvi (2), Wardha (1), and Ashti (4). Total 216 reports are awaited while 60 patients are under treatment in the district.
Chandrapur: With detection of 28 new patients, Chandrapur on Friday also crossed the mark of 500 patients to reach the total of 523 cases. The last 100 cases came in just 5 five days. Health officials have claimed that the doubling rate in Chandrapur is 13.5 days. A total of 322 patients have been discharged while 201 are under treatment.
District collector Dr Kunal Khemnar informed that three employees at district collectorate tested positive on Friday. “After an employee in a section at district collectorate showed symptoms, swab samples of entire staff were collected. Of them three tested positive. We immediately closed down the office and started swab collection of officers and staffers of entire collectorate,” he said.
ZP CEO Rahul Karile told reporters that an assistant administrative officer at ZP has tested positive. “We are collecting swab samples of all those who came in contact with the officer. Sanitization of entire ZP will undertaken in next three days,” he said.
Gondia: The district registered another day of double digit spike in corona cases. An Oman returnee is among the 14 persons who tested positive on Friday. One patient hailing from Gondia tehsil got discharge.
Bhandara: With two new cases reported on Friday, Bhandara’s caseload reached 250. With 197 of them recovered and 2 deaths reported earlier in July, Bhandara has 51 total patients under treatment. Out of them 4 have been referred to Nagpur.