Covid-19 cases cross 10-lakh mark in Vid, deaths still up

Nagpur: With fewer new cases and more recoveries, the graph of Covid-19 second wave is now surely moving downwards in Vidarbha region. But deaths due to Covid-19 are still not declining. On Thursday, 8,579 new cases were reported while 13,164 patients recovered. With this, total case load of Vidarbha surpassed the 10-lakh mark. Out of them, 88.3 lakh patients have recovered.
Death toll due to Covid-19 is still a cause of concern.On Tuesday, 208 patients died of Covid-19 in Vidarbha. These include 41 from Nagpur city, 3 from Chandrapur city, 6 from Amravati city and 5 from Akola city municipal corporation limits. This leaves 153 deaths from rural region of Vidarbha.
Cases also are more from rural parts of the region. Many cases in rural Vidarbha might be going unreported and deaths only getting reported as patients reach hospital in serious condition. This indicates that rural spread is still active and administration needs to take care of it.
As cities are showing good improvement in Covid-19 scenario, the recovery rate of Vidarbha is also improving rapidly. In first 13 days of May, the recovery rate has improved from 81% to 88%. This recovery rate is equal to the state’s average and better than the national average of 83%. This means the conditions in Vidarbha and Maharashtra are getting better now.
While number of total cases surpassed 10-lakh mark, the number of under-treatment patients is reducing. Now, only 1,03,188 patients are under treatment, and this number is likely to go below 1 lakh tomorrow. As far as tests are concerned, Vidarbha region conducted nearly 55,000 tests on Thursday, which is quite a good number. Districts in Amravati division are still doing more testing as compared to Nagpur division, barring Nagpur district.
Akola: 4,122 tests were done in last 24 hours in Akola and 756 of them tested positive. Total case load reached 48,553. With 845 recoveries, Akola district now has 40,993 patients recovered from Covid-19. Total 14 deaths were reported on Thursday taking death toll to 851. Total 6,709 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: There is still no respite for Buldhana district as it recorded 1,060 new cases on Thursday. The district is under strict lockdown from May 8. Total 721 patients recovered while 2 patients died on Thursday. Buldhana now has 74,938 total cases, 69,347 recoveries, 492 deaths and 5,099 patients are under treatment.
Washim: With 588 new cases and 582 recoveries, Washim now has 34,029 cases of Covid-19, and 29,357 of them have recovered. Six deaths were reported on Thursday taking death toll of the district to 354. Now, 4,317 patients are under treatment.
Gondia: 272 new cases, 240 recoveries and six deaths were reported in Gondia on Thursday. Tests reduced to 1,127. Now, Gondia district has 38,944 cases of Covid-19, including 34,245 recoveries, and 622 deaths. The district has 4,077 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: New cases (266) were fewer in Gadchiroli on Thursday while the recoveries (501) were more. Death toll of the day was 12. Now, the district has 26,635 cases, 22,503 recoveries, 587 deaths and 3,545 cases under treatment.
Bhandara: Out of day’s 2,122 tests, Bhandara reported 218 positive cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. Total 538 patients recovered in a day while seven deaths were also reported. Now, the district has 56,905 cases, 51,619 recoveries, 1,007 deaths and 4,279 patients under treatment.
Chandrapur: The recoveries continue to outnumber the new cases in Chandrapur since last one weak. There were 835 new detections, whereas 1,235 patients recovered from Covid on Thursday leaving 11,255 patients under treatment. There were 27 deaths taking the toll to 1,192. Covid caseload has risen to 75,198, while total recoveries amount to 62,751.
Amravati: With 11,111 active cases and new single-day high of 24 Covid deaths, the scenario still looks grim. The toll has now reached 1,195. The district posted 1,188 new cases that took the caseload to 79,736. With 903 recoveries the total went up to 67,430.
Yavatmal: The district got respite, with 8 deaths recorded on Thursday, taking the toll 1,580. Of 8,664 tests, 679 (414 men and 265 women) were found positive. There are 5,822 active patients, 2,472 in hospital and 3,350 are in home isolation. Out of 65,817 patients so far, 58,418, including 1,013 of Thursday, have recovered. District guardian minister Sandeepan Bhumre on Thursday dedicated to the public the new building for women’s hospital.
Wardha: District is reporting decline in cases with 493 cases, 25 deaths and 702 recoveries on Thursday. With the caseload at 43,663, there have been 36,591 recoveries leaving 5,977 active positive cases. There were 14 deaths, taking the toll to 1,095.