Recoveries almost double of new cases on Sunday

Nagpur: Vidarbha’s Covid-19 curve witnessed its sharpest southward move on Sunday with 6,458 new cases reported against 12,062 recoveries. Day’s toll, at 146, was the lowest since April 11.
With near double recoveries than new cases, the recovery rate which was below 80% in the first week of May is now inching towards 90% mark. While the total caseload surpassed 10.25 lakh mark, number of recovered patients is all set to surpass 10 lakh on Monday.
The region conducted more than 54,000 tests on Sunday.As the number of new patients was less, it is a strong indicator that the infection is now coming under control. Now, 87,605 patients, less than 9% of total cases reported in Vidarbha, are under treatment. Districts in Nagpur division have shown remarkable improvement.
Bhandara reported just 96 new cases, a two-digit figure for the first time in last many days, even as more than 2,000 tests were conducted. In Gondia, 128 out of near 2,500 tests were found positive. Gadchiroli (240), Wardha (418) and Chandrapur (674) also reported fewer cases as compared to their weekly average.
Nagpur recording 1,133 cases out of 15,554 tests is another major indicator that the district has taken a major step towards normalcy.
In Amravati division, cases are still on the higher side. Amravati (1,175), Buldhana (872), and Akola (537) show no significant decline in number of new cases. The only respite was increase in number of recovered patients. With Amravati (1,289), Buldhana (1,094) and Yavatmal (882), Akola reported 565 recoveries.
Nagpur city reported nine deaths while no death was reported from Chandrapur city. With Amravati city (2) and Akola city (6), only 17 out of the 146 deaths came from municipal corporation cities. Excluding the 11 deaths of patients referred from other states to Nagpur, 118 deaths were reported from rural areas of Vidarbha. This underlines the need of more infection control efforts in rural Vidarbha as many cases and deaths here might have been unreported.
Bhandara: Out of 2,032 tests done in last 24 hours, 96 came positive, taking the caseload to 57,272. With 516 patients recovering in a day, the total reached 53,261. Recovery rate is 93%. Four deaths on Sunday took the toll to 1,020. Now, 2,991 patients are under treatment.
Gondia: The district reported 128 new cases, 397 recoveries and six deaths on Sunday. The caseload reached 39,329, including 35,577 recoveries and 637 deaths. Now, 3,115 patients are under treatment. Gondia’s recovery rate is 90.45%.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 240 new cases, while 416 patients recovered. With eight deaths, fatalities were in the single-digit for the first time in May. Now the district has 27,342 cases, 24,038 recoveries, 623 deaths and 2,681 patients under treatment. Recovery rate is 87.92%
Akola: Cases surpassed 50,000 mark on Sunday as 537 cases were detected in a day taking the caseload to 50,272. On the other hand, 565 patients recovered while 17 deaths were reported in a day. The district now has 6,775 patients under treatment while the toll is 623.
Buldhana: With 872 new cases and seven deaths, there was no respite for the district on Sunda. Now, the district has 77,916 cases, 71,584 recoveries, including 1,094 on Sunday, and 513 deaths. Now, 5,819 patients are under treatment.
Washim: With 486 new cases, 597 recoveries and five deaths on Sunday, the district has in all 35,749 cases, 30,892 recoveries and 371 deaths, leaving 4,485 patients under treatment.
Amravati: A single-day record of 1,289 recoveries made Sunday look happier even though there were 1,175 new cases. The total recoveries now reached 71,009 while the caseload came to 82,930. Seventeen deaths saw the toll touching 1,250 mark. This has left 10,671 active cases under treatment.
Wardha: The district registered 17 deaths, 418 positive cases and 507 discharged, taking the total cases to 44,781, recoveries to 38,605 and toll to 1,140 respectively.
Chandrapur: In all, 1,282 patients recovered, while 674 new cases were registered on Sunday leaving 10,097 patients under treatment. There were 20 deaths recorded during the day and toll has climbed to 1,252.
Yavatmal: 15 deaths took the toll to 1,623. Out of the 7,969 reports, 699 (418 men and 281 women) were found positive. Currently there are 4705 active positive patients.