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Curve moving southwards in Vid, cases, deaths down despite more tests

Curve moving southwards in Vid, cases, deaths down despite more tests
Nagpur: There was news to cheer for Vidarbha on Tuesday. Despite conducting nearly 50,000 Covid-19 tests, only 8,443 new cases were reported from the region. On the other hand, 14,707 patients recovered from Covid-19. Death toll of all 11 districts reduced to 173, the lowest since April 14.
This development is a strong indicator that the Covid-19 curve is moving downwards.
As projected by scientists, decline of the second wave will be faster than its surge. So, we can expect quick dip in new cases and deaths in next one week. While cases from city (municipal corporation area) were very less, cases are still coming from rural areas of Vidarbha and they need special attention now.
Out of 173 deaths reported on Tuesday, Nagpur city accounted for 32 deaths, Chandrapur 9, Akola 4, and Amravati 5. So, 50 out of 173 deaths were from the cities while remaining 123 came from villages. Nearly 70% cases are also coming from the rural region. Overall, 8.58 lakh patients have now recovered from Vidarbha’s total caseload of 9.86 lakh. Recovery rate surged to 87%, which is now equal to state average and more than the national average. This indicates conditions in Vidarbha are improving rapidly as compared to the national Covid-19 scenario.
Due to more recoveries and fewer cases, there are now 1,11,315 under-treatment patients, which is just over 11% of the total cases reported. More than 70% of the patients are recovering in home isolation. As a result, bed availability in hospitals is improving across the region.
Vidarbha region conducted 48,448 tests in 24 hours before Tuesday. Though this number appears less than the average 60,000 tests per day, declining number of new cases in last five days has also reduced the contact tracing, which will reduce number of tests.
Bhandara: With 652 recoveries on Tuesday, total 50,477 patients have recovered in Bhandara so far. Total 2,183 tests were conducted in last 24 hours and 217 tested positive. Total 8 deaths were reported taking death toll to 989. Now, Bhandara has 4,912 patients under treatment; less than 5,000 for the first time in last two weeks.

Gondia: The district conducted 1,223 tests with 500 of them testing positive. Eight deaths were reported in a day while 559 patients recovered. Now, Gondia has 38,046 total cases, 33,433 recoveries and 611 deaths due to Covid-19. Total 4,002 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: With 372 new cases, 487 recoveries and 11 deaths on Tuesday in Gadchiroli, the district now has 25,984 total cases, 21,777 recoveries and 568 deaths due to Covid-19. Some 3,639 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Out of 3,193 tests done in last 24 hours, Akola reported 654 new cases. This took total case load of the district to 46,930. Total number of recovered patients reached 39,564 with 552 recoveries on Tuesday. Ten deaths were reported, six of them from rural Akola and four from Akola city. Death toll reached 827. Now, 6,539 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Finally, test positivity rate in Buldhana has started showing some decline. On Tuesday, 4,590 tests were conducted and 654 of them tested positive. With 943 recoveries and 4 deaths reported in last 24 hours, Buldhana district now has 72,735 cases, 68,170 recoveries and 485 deaths. Total 4,080 patients are under treatment.
Washim: With 467 new cases, 680 recoveries and 1 death on Tuesday, Washim district’s total Covid-19 cases reached 33,013 including 28,351 recoveries and 341 deaths. Total 4,320 patients are still under treatment.
Amravati: A spike of 1,016 cases and 14 deaths took the district's caseload to 77,456 and toll to 1,151 respectively on Tuesday. Recoveries of 911 patients took the total to 65,723 for a percentage of 84.85. This left 10,582 active cases under treatment, including 8,213 in home isolation.
Yavatmal: The district recorded 25 deaths on Tuesday which took the toll to 1,545 so far. The administration has received 6,936 test reports of which 776 (466 men and 310 women) were found positive. At present, there are 6,712 active positive patients. Meanwhile the administration has tightened the restrictions by imposing heavy fine of Rs 50,000 on shop keepers who keep their shops open after the time schedule of 11am.
Chandrapur: There were 895 new detection and 1,358 recoveries on Tuesday leaving 12,212 active cases under treatment. The day also saw death of 9 patients taking the toll to 1,126. The Covid caseload has climbed to 73,314, while total recoveries amount to 59,976.
Wardha: The were 18 deaths due to coronavirus, 649 new cases and 713 recoveries registered in the district on Tuesday. The caseload now reached to 42,572 while recoveries 35,165 and toll rose to 1,052. Active positive cases under treatment are 6355. New cases were reported from Wardha (277), Hinganghat (163), Deoli (82), Selu (42), Samudrapur (39), Karanja (18), Ashti (10) and Arvi (5).
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