No death in 3 Nagpur districts, first time for Yavatmal, Gondia in second wave

NAGPUR: Probably, for the first time in the second wave, no fatalities were recorded in three districts in the region on Wednesday. Bhandara remained free of Covid death for the second consecutive day while Yavatmal and Gondia got the respite for the first time since cases spiked.
Three Covid patients passed away in Gadchiroli, where no Covid death was reported on Tuesday.

At 11 each, Nagpur and Chandrapur were the only two districts reporting Covid deaths in double digits. While it was a significant drop for Nagpur, the number was quite high for Chandrapur, which is relatively a small place in terms of population.
The day’s toll, 50, of the region increased by one while cases too shot up by over 300 as compared to a day ago. But, the number of tests too were more than 3,000 as compared to a day ago. Nagpur division with 31 fatalities was ahead of Amravati despite Bhandara and Gondia not adding any numbers to their Covid toll.
Vibharbha’s case fatality rate is now 1.9% while 2.25% patients are still under treatment.
Of the day’s 1,769 cases, Gondia reported the fewest at 60, followed by Gadchiroli at 69 and Bhandara at 90.
After Nagpur at 13,419, the highest daily testing was performed in Buldhana at 3,934.
The month of June has started off on a promising note with cases and fatalities dipping by nearly 50% as compared to the last week.
Gadchiroli: Three Covid deaths were reported, taking the toll to 722. The district reported 69 new cases and 51 recoveries. leaving 691 active cases.
Washim: The district reported three Covid deaths. There were 102 new cases while 241 patients recovered. Death toll is 586 now and 1851 are active cases.
Bhandara: The district reported 90 cases and no Covid deaths, leaving the toll at 1,054. There were 81 recoveries during the day, leaving 995 active cases.
Gondia: The district didn’t report any Covid death and recorded lowest cases among Vidarbha’s 11 districts on Wednesday. It saw 29 recoveries. Number of patients under treatment are 341.
Buldhana: With testing increased to 3,934, the district reporetd 175 new cases. There were seven deaths and 333 recoveries, as per official data. Now, there are 1,469 patients under-treatment.
Akola: The district reported 408 recoveries against 189 new cases but there were nine deaths on Wednesday. The active cases are 3,894.