At 0.19%, Gondia’s average weekly test positivity rate lowest in state

NAGPUR: Gondia district has been continuously conducting high number of tests despite the decline in new Covid-19 cases. This persistence is now showing results. On Thursday, Gondia’s average weekly test positivity rate was 0.19%, the lowest in Maharashtra. Authorities released the test positivity rate figures since June 15 which show that less than 0.5% samples are testing positive in Gondia for more than a week now.
Of the 1,012 oxygen beds available in Gondia, only nine are occupied at present. Gondia has only 47 patients under treatment, which is the lowest for any district in Maharashtra. Interestingly, 29 of them are recovering in home isolation.

Other districts in Vidarbha are also showing improvement. On Thursday, the region reported 221 new cases, while 468 patients recovered. Six deaths were together reported from four districts. Bhandara, Wardha, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Yavatmal, Washim and Buldhana reported zero Covid-19 deaths.
One death was reported in Nagpur district, but that was of a patient referred from other state/division. This means, no death was reported in Nagpur city or district on Thursday.
Overall, 10,71,906 patients out of total 10,95,124 reported till date have recovered for recovery rate of near 98%. The recovery rate is more than 96% in almost every district of Vidarbha.
Testing count was 26,914 on Thursday, which is less than the average of 30,000 tests clocked last week, but still not bad. Test positivity as well as occupancy of oxygen beds is going down daily in most of the districts. Now, Wardha, Bhandara, Yavatmal and Gondia have less than 100 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: Of the 535 tests conducted in last 24 hours, the district reported nine new cases. The district had reported one case for consecutive two days. The day saw 16 patients getting discharge after recovery and zero deaths. Bhandara has reported 59,455 cases, 1,125 deaths and 58,251 recoveries so far. Now, 79 patients are under treatment. Recovery rate is 98%.
Gondia: The district conducted 3,845 tests on Thursday and four came positive. Gondia’s recovery rate has surpassed 98%. No death was reported in last four days. The caseload has reached 41,101, including 40,355 recoveries and 699 deaths so far.
Gadchiroli: The district reported 15 new cases and 29 recoveries on Thursday. The district conducted 740 tests in the last 24 hours. No death was reported. Now, caseload is 30,165, including 29,313 recoveries and 213 under treatment. The cumulative toll is 739. Recovery rate is 96.8%.
Akola: Of the 1,357 tests conducted in last 24 hours, 20 came positive, taking the caseload to 57,509. With 75 recoveries and two deaths reported in a day, the recovery count reached 55,692 while toll to 1,124. Now, 423 patients are under treatment. Akola’s recovery rate is 97%.
Buldhana: Out of 3276 reports received on Thursday, 35 tested positive. There were 43 recoveries and no death for the second day in a row. Now, Buldhana has 86,441 cases, 85,675 recoveries, 656 deaths and 110 patients under treatment. At 99.1%, Buldhana’s recovery rate is highest in Vidarbha.
Washim: Seven new cases, 24 recoveries and no death were reported on Thursday. The district has repoted 41,315 cases, 40,415 recoveries and 615 deaths till date. Now, 284 patients are under treatment.
Amravati: A spike of 47 cases and one death has taken the caseload to 95,773 and toll to 1,547, respectively on Thursday. With 90 recoveries, the total reached 93,627. This left just 599 active cases under treatment.
Wardha: Out of 1,295 test reports, 13 new cases were reported on Thursday in the district, while 20 patients were discharged, leaving 86 patients under treatment. The caseload reached 49,161 and recoveries 47,755. No death was reported on Thursday and the toll remained at 1,320.
Yavatmal: There was no death in the district for straight eighth day and toll remained 1,789. The administration received 775 reports, of which 12 came positive while 16 patients recovered. Currently, there are 60 patients under treatment. Of the 72,683 patients reported so far, 70,837 have recovered. The daily positivity rate is 1.55 %.
Chandrapur: There were 13 new cases and 65 recoveries on Thursday, leaving 542 patients under treatment. There were two deaths during the day, taking the toll to 1,524. The Covid count has climbed to 84,605, while total recoveries amount to 82,529.