More cases, less recoveries for 9th day in a row in region

Nagpur: The first nine days of the New Year have seen 7,129 Covid-19 cases in Vidarbha as against 6,024 recoveries. The number of new cases has been more than recoveries constantly during January so far. Due to this, the number of patients under treatment which was less than 7,000 at the start of the year has gone up to 7,860 in just 9 days. Increasing number of under-treatment patients hints at increasing hospitalization rate which is not a good indicator.
On Saturday, Vidarbha reported 765 new cases and 635 recoveries.Now, cases in Vidarbha are inching towards the 2.6-lakh mark while the recoveries are nearing 2.45 lakh. Recovery rate is still above 94% but in the last four days, it has seen constant decrease by some decimal points daily. Vidarbha’s recovery rate is still less than the state average of 94.59% and national average which is already above 96%.
Total 14 deaths were reported in the region on Saturday. Of them, 12 came from Nagpur district alone. Nagpur’s 12 deaths include 7 from the city, 2 from rural and 3 from other states/districts. Case fatality rate in Vidarbha is 2.58% which is higher than state and national averages.
Day’s 765 new cases came from Nagpur (460), Amravati (67), Buldhana (50), Chandrapur (48), Akola (48), Wardha (41), Yavatmal (29), Gadchiroli (11), and Washim (11) while 635 recoveries came from Nagpur (367), Amravati (58), Buldhana (58), Akola (44), Chandrapur (39), Yavatmal (26), Gadchiroli (20), Wardha (15), and Washim (8). Reports from tragedy-hit Bhandara district and adjacent Gondia district were not received on Saturday.
Yavatmal: The district administration received 239 test reports of which 29 were found positive. Currently, 426 active positive patients are undergoing treatment in the district. Of the 13,127 positive cases so far, 12,294 including 26 of Saturday have recovered. The total deaths remained at 410.
Wardha: Two men (aged 79 and 93 years) from city died taking the toll to 280. Total 41 new cases took the caseload to 9,469 while 15 patients were discharged after which the recoveries touched 8,822. The cases were detected from Wardha (34), Hinganghat (4), Selu, Deoli and Arvi (1 each). Currently, 367 patients are being treated in the district.
Chandrapur: Cases were up by 48, while 39 patients were discharged. There was no death in district. Total caseload has risen to 22,652, while recoveries amount to 21,936. There are 339 active cases in the district.
Amravati: Total 67 new cases took the district’s caseload to 20,273. The day recorded 58 recoveries taking the total to 19,550 ( 96.43%). No death was recorded on Saturday. Now, there are 322 active cases here.
Akola: Of more than 650 reports received in the last 24 hours, 48 tested positive in the district taking the number of cases to 10,866. On the other hand, 44 patients recovered taking the number of recoveries to 9,954. Akola’s recovery rate is more than 90%. With 323 total deaths reported till date, now 589 patients are under treatment in Akola.
Buldhana: Of the total 419 reports received in a day, 50 tested positive. Total number of cases reached 12,914. On the other hand, 58 patients recovered. This took the number of recovered patients to 12,440. The recovery rate is 96.3%. No death was reported. Total 317 patients are under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 11 new cases while 8 patients recovered. Total cases reached 6,756 while 6,505 of them have recovered. Recovery rate of Washim is 96.2%. The district recorded no death. With 151 deaths reported till date, total 99 patients are under-treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 11 new cases while 20 recovered. No death was reported, so the toll remained unchanged at 104. Now, the district has 9,193 cases, 8,915 recoveries and 144 patients under treatment. Recovery rate is 94.29%.