Akola reports 0 cases first time in pandemic; Vidarbha tally 86

NAGPUR: Akola district, one of the worst-hit districts due to Covid pandemic right from the first wave, reported zero new cases on Saturday. Total 988 tests were conducted in Akola in the last 24 hours. With this, Akola became the first district in Amravati revenue division (East Vidarbha) to record zero cases in 24 hours.
In Nagpur division, Bhandara and Gondia continued to report zero new cases.For the first time, 3 out of 11 districts reported zero new cases. Barring Amravati (21), all the other districts reported less than 15 cases on Saturday.
Overall, 86 new cases were reported in the region out of more than 24,000 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. This means, the overall test positivity in Vidarbha is 0.35%. The overall growth rate of new cases is still under 0.05% in all districts.
With 98% recovery rate, and only 968 patients under treatment, most hospitals in Vidarbha have more than 95% beds reserved for Covid patients unoccupied. Still, restrictions on movements and markets continued in the region for one more week. Nagpur Municipal Corporation issued a notification in this regard on Saturday. All districts in Vidarbha will also issue their respective notifications on Sunday and restrictions are most likely to be extended for one more week.
With 86 new cases and 122 recoveries in a day, Vidarbha region reported 4 deaths. Gadchiroli accounted 2 of them. A 42-year-old woman and a 73-year-old woman died in Gadchiroli. Amravati and Wardha reported 1 death each, both senior citizens. Death toll of Vidarbha reached 21,312 and case fatality rate is 1.91%.
Now, seven districts in Vidarbha have under-treatment patients in double figures. Nagpur is the only district with 310 under-treatment patients while Amravati has 179. All the other districts have less than 150 patients under treatment.
Wardha: A 64-year-old man from city died due to Covid during treatment on Saturday, taking the toll to 1,324. Five new cases were detected and and two got discharged. The caseload increased to 49,324 while recoveries reached 47,969 leaving 31 active positive cases in district. 877 test reports were received while two from Wardha and one each from Selu, Ashti and Hinganghat tested positive.
Amravati: The death of a 62-year-old man from Umri village in Daryapur tehsil was the lone Covid casualty that took the toll to 1,560 on Saturday.
Yavatmal: With a spike of 21, the caseload went up to 96,393 while 19 recoveries took the total to 94,654 for a rate of 98.20%. This left 179 active cases under treatment. Yavatmal reported no death for 29th consecutive day, halting the toll at 1,789. Administration received 1,117 test reports of which three (from Digras, Mahagaon and Wani) were found positive. At present there are 21 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the hospitals. Of the 72,782 positive patients, 70,975 including two on Saturday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.53 % and the death rate is 2.45%. The daily positivity rate is 0.27%.
Chandrapur: Zero casualties, 13 detection and 22 recoveries were registered on Saturday leaving 133 active patients. It is seventh consecutive day without any Covid death. The caseload has reached 84,912 and total recoveries rose to 83,246.
Gadchiroli: Two deaths were reported for the first time in the last 45 days. The toll rose to 743. The district also reported 12 new cases out of 668 tests and 13 recoveries. Now, Gadchiroli has 124 patients under treatment.
Akola: Out of 988 tests, not a single person tested positive on Saturday. With two recoveries in a day, the district has 45 patients under treatment.
Washim: In all, 8 new cases and 15 recoveries were reported on Saturday. Now, 82 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Out of the 3,021 tests conducted, 10 tested positive which means 0.33% test positivity. 28 patients recovered in a day. Now, the district has 22 patients under treatment.
Gondia: For the second consecutive day, Gondia reported zero new cases. One patient recovered. Now, the district has 15 patients under treatment and 9 of them are in home isolation.
Bhandara: No new patient was reported while one patient recovered on Saturday. The district now has only 6 patients under treatment, lowest in Maharashtra once again.