CHANDRAPUR: On Friday, the district registered record 10 deaths in a day, taking the toll past the 100-mark to reach 105.
Chandrapur also surpassed the 7,000-mark of
Covid positive cases with detection of 303 new patients, taking the caseload to 7,279.
The day also saw the discharge of 270 patients, taking the total recoveries to 4,106. Now, 3,068 patients are under treatment.
The latest 1,000 cases were added in just four days.
The first patient in Chandrapur was detected on May 2. Although it took 139 long days to reach the 7,000-mark, the last 5,000 patients came in just 20 days. First
death due to Covid-19 was reported in Chandrapur on July 24 and it took just 56 days to take the death toll past the 100-mark.
New patients included 126 from Chandrapur and suburbs, Bramhapuri (49),
Ballarpur (29), Bhadrawati (22), Warora (18), Mul (15), Saoli (13), Korpana (12), Gondpipri (6), Nagbhid (3), Sindewahi (2), and one each from Pombhurna tehsil here and Wani in Yavatmal district.
The deceased included a 52-year-old person from Ram Nagar, a 57-year-old person from Mahakali Collieries, a 53-year-old person from Bhivapur ward, a 32-year-old woman from Balaji Ward and 62-year-old person from Jatpura gate locality in Chandrapur city. Others victims included a 45-year-person old from
Kalmana, a 62-year-old person from Ballarpur, a 50-year-old person from
Vichoda and a 49-year-old person from Payli-Bhatali village.