Chandrapur reports below 100 Covid cases after 37 days

AMRAVATI: The district has been recording more recoveries than new cases for the last three days. As against a spike of 119 new cases, the district recorded 210 recoveries on Monday.
The spike took the caseload to 14,124 while the recoveries reached 11,765 for a rate of 83.30%, according to a civil surgeon office report released on Monday.
The day also saw five patients losing their battle to coronavirus.This took the toll to 316. This left 2,043 patients, including 945 at Covid Hospital, 12 in Nagpur and 1,086 in home isolation, under treatment.
CHANDRAPUR: With the detection of 92 new Covid cases on Monday, the district has, for the first time after 37 days, seen less than 100 cases in a day. The last time the district had reported single-day caseload below 100 was on August 27 when 97 patients were detected.
The peak came on September 26 when there was highest 436 detections in a single day.
There were seven deaths in the district during the last 24 hours. The day witnessed 113 persons being discharged taking the total recoveries to 7,671, leaving 3,273 under treatment.
The deceased include 70-year-old male and 65-year-old female from Nagina Bagh, 57-year-old from Nehru Nagar, 78-year-old from Mukta Colony in Chandrapur city, 55-year-old from Rampur in Rajura tehsil, 52-year-old woman from Bramhapuri and a 68-year-old person from Bhadrawati. All the deceased had co-morbidities. While the six of them died at Chandrapur GMCH, one succumbed to the virus at a private hospital.
YAVATMAL: The district recorded two more Covid deaths on Monday of which one is a 46-year-old man from Yavatmal and 65-year-old man from Digras. Also, 13 new Covid patients, including three women, were detected in the day. There are 233 patients in isolation wards.
The civil surgeon has not submitted any update on Monday also and hence the exact figure is not available with the GMCH, says an official press release. The reason for the civil surgeon not releasing the update is not known.
Till Sunday, it was presumed that the exact data could not be made available due to strike by the doctors. However, even after the strike has been called off and doctors have resumed duty, the updated figures have not been released.
WARDHA: Reporting 74 new Covid cases on Monday, the district crossed 5,000-mark to take the total patient count to 5,010. Three deaths and 92 discharge were also reported on Monday. Till date, total 38,407 swab samples were sent for testing, while results of 22 are awaited. Total 2,815 patients have defeated coronavirus and 2,052 are undergoing treatment. The two men (72 and 65) from Wardha and a 63-year-old man from Hinganghat died due to coronavirus, taking the Covid toll to 143. New patients were reported from Wardha 52, Selu and Ashti 6 each, Hinganghat 5, Karanja 3, Deoli and Arvi one each.
AKOLA: The district was the only other place in West Vidarbha to not report any Covid death on Monday in addition to Buldhana. The cases too remained low at 35, though the total number of cases climbed to 7,645. So far, 244 people have died here of Covid. Also, 53 were discharged on Monday and in all 6,569 have beaten Covid till now. There are 832 patients under treatment.
WASHIM: One death and 53 new cases were reported on Monday. This took the patient count to 4,657 and 96 deaths. There are 609 active cases here now while 63 recoveries in a day took the count to 3,951. The deceased was 74-year-old and had been under treatment. The administration also identified 34 patients from outside the district, but admitted in hospitals in the district.
BULDHANA: The administration received 385 reports including those from labs and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits. Of this, 265 were found negative while 120 positive. As per the reports received, 114 positive samples were tested in labs and six confirmed through RAT, taking the patient count to 7,768 so far. A whopping 227 negative reports belong to labs while 38 of RAT. Those testing positive are from Mehkar, Malli, Janfad, Sindkhed Raja, Khamgaon and other places. As per Covid Care Centre data, 140 patients were discharged on Monday taking the recovery tally to 6,654. As of now, 1,054 patients are under treatment while toll remained at 99.
GADCHIROLI: The district reported 99 new cases, but no one died of Covid-19 on Monday. The pattern of more recoveries than new detections was not evident here. While 99 patients were declared recovered, 844 are still under treatment after the addition of new ones. The district’s tally jumped to 3,308 cases, and 2,431 discharged, while toll remains at 21.
GONDIA: For sixth day in a row, the district’s day’s recovery tally surpassed new cases on Monday. With 280 patients getting discharge, the recovery numbers comfortably crossed 6,000-mark while 80 new patients put the total Covid count at 7,547. This brought the active cases to 1,265. The administration has facilitated 1,538 beds in 15 government hospitals and 219 beds in five private hospitals. Of the total 1,757 beds, only 487 are currently occupied in these hospitals. The new patients include 57 from Gondia, four from Tiroda, Amgaon 6, Salekasa 2, Deori 4, Sadak Arjuni 3 and Arjuni Morgaon 4.
BHANDARA: The district reported 97 new cases but the number of those recovering from Covid-19 stood way ahead at 197, like the neighbouring district of Gondia which too had more recoveries in the day. The recovery rate improved to 71% with total cases at 6,087, discharged at 4,309 and active cases at 1,639. However, three more Covid deaths took the toll to 139.