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Testing at record high; Vidarbha crosses 8000 deaths

The 11 districts of Vidarbha crossed 8,000 fatalities with the last 1,000 coming in just 46 days on Saturday. The first 1,000 deaths took 174 days while the jump from 6,000 to 7,000 came in 66 days.
Testing at record high; Vidarbha crosses 8000 deaths
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NAGPUR: The 11 districts of Vidarbha crossed 8,000 fatalities with the last 1,000 coming in just 46 days on Saturday. The first 1,000 deaths took 174 days while the jump from 6,000 to 7,000 came in 66 days.
The shortest duration of 11 days for 1,000 deaths was from September 7 to 18 last year. Also, the region crossed 4 lakh cases with the last one lakh being reported in 25 days which is the shortest duration so far for 1 lakh cases.
The region had recorded 1 lakh cases after 171 days of the pandemic’s start.
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Nagpur division has 2.71 lakh cases and 6,028 deaths while Amravati division has 1.34 lakh cases and 2,002 deaths.
First time, the number of under treatment patients surpassed 50,000-mark, increasing the load of hospitals and Covid care centres.
Saturday recorded the second highest tally of the second wave at 6,633 cases from an all time high of 48,490 tests. This is the highest number of tests so far in the region. A day before, 6,029 cases came from 43,516 tests.
Nagpur again surpassed its previous record and posted highest ever testing at 16,387. Amravati,
Yavatmal Buldana, Gondia, Bhandara and Chandrapur too had increased testing.
The day also saw 49 deaths from Nagpur (29), Wardha (3), Chandrapur (1), Akola (3) , Amravati (3), Yavatmal (6), Buldhana (3), and Washim (1).
The 6,633 cases were from Nagpur (3,679), Bhandara (132), Wardha (326), Gondia (53), Chandrapur (126), Gadchiroli (41), Akola (400), Amaravati (380), Yavatmal (471), Buldhana (738) and Washim (287).
The 3,715 recovered patients in a day were from Nagpur (1,594), Bhandara (37), Wardha (217), Gondia (26), Chandrapur (62), Gadchiroli (39), Akola (84), Amaravati (315), Yavatmal (611), Buldhana (538) and Washim (192).
Amravati: The district posted 380 new cases and three deaths that took the caseload to 44,938 and toll to 624. There were 279 recoveries that took the total to 39,852. There are 4,462 active patients under treatment.
Wardha: The district recorded three deaths, 326 new cases and 217 recoveries. The number of cases reached 16,365 while recoveries are 14,301. There are 1,660 active patients here. A 68-year-old woman and 71-year-old man from Wardha and a 65-year-old woman from Deoli died, taking the toll to 404. New cases were from Wardha (158), Deoli (63), Hinganghat (31), Arvi (26), Karanja (16), Samudrapur and Selu (13 each) and Ashti (6).
Chandrapur: There were 126 new cases and 62 recoveries leaving 1,138 active patients under treatment. There was lone death reported during the day taking the toll to 408. Covid caseload in the district has risen to 25,518, while total recoveries amount to 23,972.
Yavatmal: With six deaths, the toll has gone up to 549 here. Of the 4,771 reports, 471 were found positive. Currently, there are 2,098 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the district. The caseload is 24,211. Total 21,567 patients have recovered so far. The deceased include 2 from the city and one each from Digras, Darwha, Pusad and Ghatanji.
Gadchiroli: No death was reported and the toll remained at 108. The district reported 41 new cases to take the tally to 10,109. At the same time, 39 recoveries were reported. The district now has 303 active cases. So far, 9,698 have defeated Covid in the district.
Washim: The district report one death and cases increased by 287 from 2856 tests. The district reported 192 recoveries. Death toll is 172. The new cases took the tally to 12,589. Discharged count rose to 10,802 while 1,614 patients are active.
Bhandara: The district didn’t report any death. Day’s cases were 132 and recoveries 37. The district has 912 active cases. Total caseload is 14,969, and 13,728 discharged patients. Death toll is 329.
Gondia: The district too didn’t report any death. It saw 53 recoveries and 26 new cases. Number of patients under treatment are 293. The new positive patients took the tally to 14,418. So far, 187 have succumbed while 14,418 have recovered.
Buldhana: With increased testing, the district witnessed spike in cases. Three deaths took place while 738 new cases from over 4,364 tests were reported. According to official data, the district now has 29,503 cases, 24,041 recoveries including 538 on Saturday, 235 deaths and 5029 active cases.
Akola: The district reported 400 cases from 2,964 tests and three deaths. Also, 84 recoveries were reported. The case tally climbed to 23,866. So far, 424 people have died here. With new recoveries, the tally touched 17,667. Active cases are 5,775.
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