Cases, positivity rate and deaths go down further in Vidarbha

NAGPUR: Constant improvement in the Covid-19 scenario continued in Vidarbha on Friday. The day’s case load dipped to 1,451 despite 45,220 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
This means that the overall test positivity of Vidarbha reduced to 3.20%. Day’s death toll reduced to 50. On the other hand, 3,078 patients recovered in a day. Now, out of 10,86,627 of the total cases, 10,45,121 have recovered in Vidarbha.The total recovery rate surged above 96%, which is better than state and national average.
With test positivity down under 4%; and just more than 20,000 patients under treatment – most districts in Vidarbha now have more than 70% oxygen beds vacant. Cases as well as deaths from rural areas are gradually coming under control.
On Friday, Amravati was the only district to report more than 300 cases. All others, including Nagpur, reported less than 200 new cases despite a significant number of tests. Washim (86), Bhandara (85), Gondia (66), Wardha (63) and Gadchiroli (45) reported less than 100 cases.
Amravati and Akola are still reporting more cases as well as deaths as compared to the other nine districts in Vidarbha. Amravati reported 10 deaths while Akola reported 7 on Friday. Deaths were zero for the second consecutive day in Gadchiroli. Bhandara and Gondia reported 1 death each. Six districts in Nagpur division accounted for 22 deaths out of 50 while five districts in Amravati recorded 28. The toll indicates that the rural spread is still there, and authorities must be careful.
The number of under treatment patients reduced to 20,227, which is another good sign for Vidarbha. Now, no district in the region has more than 5,000 cases under treatment. Gondia, Gadchiroli and Yavatmal have less than 1,000; Bhandara, Buldhana, Wardha, and Washim have less than 1500 patients, while Amravati and Akola have less than 4,000 patients under treatment.
Akola: 152 new cases out of 2,874 tests were reported in Akola district on June 4. While 417 patients recovered, seven deaths were reported. Now, the district has 56,391 total cases, 51,920 recoveries and 1,095 deaths reported till date. 3376 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district conducted 4,295 tests in the last 24 hours and only 180 of them tested positive. With 289 recoveries and 4 deaths, Buldhana now has 85,412 total cases, 83,584 recoveries and 626 deaths. Total 1202 patients are still under treatment.
Washim: Washim was the only district in Amravati division to report less than 100 cases on June 4. With 86 new cases, 314 recoveries and 2 deaths, 40,439 cases have been reported in the district. Out of these, 38,486 have recovered while 589 died. Now, 1,363 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 45 new cases, lowest for the day in Vidarbha on June 4. Total 1,059 tests were conducted in Gadchiroli. On the other hand, 81 patients recovered. No death was reported. Now, the district has 29,548 cases, 28,274 recoveries and 723 deaths. Total 551 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: Out of 1,144 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, total 85 tested positive in Bhandara taking the total case load to 59,131. Out of them, 57,064 recovered. One patient died on Friday taking the total to 1,055. Now, 1,012 patients are under treatment in Bhandara.
Gondia: The district conducted 2,242 tests in the last 24 hours. Only 66 of them tested positive. Total reached 40,911. Out of them, 39,856 have recovered. Total 364 patients are under treatment.
Amravati: A spike of 320 cases and 10 deaths took the district’s caseload to 93,488 and toll to 1,487, respectively, on Friday. The day saw 529 recoveries that took the recovery rate to 94.31%. Now, there are 3,832 positive patients under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district’s toll mounted to 1,778 after five deaths on Friday. Of the 4,605 reports received on Friday, 107 came positive. Currently, there are 912 patients under treatment. Of the 72,286 patients reported so far, 69,599 including 180 of Friday, have recovered. The daily positivity rate is 2.23% while overall it is 11.29%. The case fatality rate is 2.46 %.
Wardha: There were 63 new positive cases that were reported from 2,496 reports on Friday, taking the total to 48,724. Recoveries reached 46,148 after discharge to 373 more patients, leaving 1,277 under treatment. Five deaths on Friday took the toll to 1,299.
Chandrapur: After 150 new cases and 327 recoveries on Friday, active cases came down to 1,763. There were five deaths, taking the toll to 1,475. The caseload is 83,378, including 80,740 recoveries.