Covid death in Gadchiroli after 10 days; 53 +ve in Vid

Nagpur: A 70-year-old man from Mulchera in Gadchiroli district died during treatment on Friday, which was the sole Covid-19 death in Vidarbha. Overall, 53 new cases were reported out of more than 18,000 tests conducted in the last 24 hours and 49 patients recovered in the day.
Now, 581 patients are under treatment in the region. Out of them, 193 are in Nagpur district alone.This means, other parts of Vidarbha, especially rural areas, have very less number of patients under treatment.
Now, the Covid caseload of Vidarbha has reached 11,14,814, out of which 10,92,899 have recovered. The recovery rate of the region is 98%, which is better than state and national average.
Overall Covid test count in Vidarbha reached above 18,000 on Friday. With 53 of the samples testing positive, the test positivity rate or TPR is still under 0.3%. With spread under control and largely unoccupied oxygen beds in all 11 districts of Vidarbha, residents can expect some good news about relaxations most likely from Monday.
Amravati: Eight recoveries, seven new cases and no Covid death for the ninth successive day meant only 85 patients remained under treatment on Friday.
Yavatmal: There was no report of death on the 41st consecutive day on Friday, keeping the toll unchanged at 1,789. The administration received 771 test reports, of which two were found positive. Currently there are 14 active cases, of which two are from outside the district. Of the 72,801 cases so far, 71,003, including one on Friday, have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.41% and the death rate is 2.45%. The daily positivity rate is 0.26%.
Wardha: One new case and one recovery was registered on Friday, taking the caseload to 49,369 and recoveries to 48,021, leaving 24 patients under treatment in the district. Out of 979 test reports, the positive case was reported from Hinganghat. No death was reported, keeping the toll same at 1,324.
Chandrapur: Eight new detections, five recoveries and no casualties marked Friday. The caseload got to 85,012 against 83,401 recoveries, leaving 71 patients under treatment.
Akola: Out of 942 total tests conducted in last 24 hours in the district, only 1 turned out to be Covid positive. Six patients recovered in a day. Now, out of 57,760 total cases, 56,577 have recovered in the district. Now, the Covid toll of district is 1,134 and 54 patients under treatment.
Washim: Five new cases, and 4 recoveries were reported from the district on Friday. Now, out of total 41,658 cases detected so far, 40,988 have recovered, leaving 33 under treatment.
Buldhana: Nine out of over 2,000 tests conducted in the day tested positive in the district. The Covid caseload has reached 87,259 as on July 30. No recovery or death was reported in the district on Friday. Now, 31 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: Eight new cases, 11 recoveries and a Covid death was reported in the district on Friday. Total 575 tests were conducted in the day. Now, out of total 30,594 cases, 29,793 have recovered. The Covid toll has gone up to 744, while 57 are under treatment.
Gondia: Out of 733 tests, 3 turned out to be of Covid positive persons in the district while no recovery took place in the day. The district now has 41,190 total cases, 40,476 recoveries and 13 under treatment. Out of them, 8 are in home isolation.
Bhandara: No sample out of 485 tested in the last 24 hours was Covid positive in Bhandara. Two under-treatment patients recovered on Friday. Now, the district has six patients under treatment, which is lowest for a district in the state.