Akola allows bar-restaurants open till 8pm on weekdays

Nagpur: A fresh order issued by the district collector of Akola on August 3 has allowed the restaurants attached to bars to function till 8pm on weekdays and till 3pm on Saturday with 50% capacity. The bar-restaurants are not allowed to entertain parcels or takeaways.
Wine shops will remain open till 8pm on weekdays.
Now, Akola is the only district to allow bar-restaurants till 8pm.In all other districts, all types of eateries and restaurants can remain open with 50% seating capacity till 4pm from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sunday.
On Friday, Vidarbha reported 49 new cases and 43 recoveries. Two deaths were reported – one each in Gadchiroli and Yavatmal. It was Gadchiroli’s first death in August while Yavatmal reported first fatality after 48 days.
Overall, 15,551 tests were conducted in a day with test positivity rate of 0.31% . Bhandara and Gondia reported zero new cases. Bhandara became the first and only district in Maharashtra to have no patient under treatment.
Now, 569 patients are under treatment in Vidarbha. Recovery rate is above 98%, which is better than the state and national average.
Bhandara: Of the 578 tests conducted on Friday, none came positive. The lone under-treatment patient recovered on Friday.
Gondia: The district reported zero new cases out of 457 tests. Three patients recovered, leaving seven patients under treatment, with four of them in home isolation.
Gadchiroli: A 65-year-old woman from Mulchera died on Friday, taking the toll to 745. There were seven new cases and eight recoveries. Now, 50 patients are under treatment.
Washim: Two new cases and three recoveries were reported on Friday, which took the caseload to 41,674 and recoveries to 41,011. Now, 26 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district conducted 2,517 tests in a day and reported 11 new cases, taking the caseload to 87,309. With four recoveries, the total reached 86,581, leaving 56 patients under treatment.
Akola: Of the 949 tests, six came positive on Friday. The district has reported 57,783 cases so far. With one recovery on Friday, the total reached 56,897. Now, 52 patients are under treatment.
Amravati: Five new cases against four recoveries took the district’s caseload to 96,561 and recoveries to 94,922 respectively on Friday. With the district reporting no Covid death for the 15th successive day, the toll remained constant at 1561. This left 78 active cases under treatment.
Wardha: Out of 494 tests, 2 tested positive for coronavirus in district on Friday. Three patients were discharged and only 14 are active positive. The caseload now reached to 49,377 while recoveries are 48,038 and toll is 1,325 as no death was reported on Friday.
Yavatmal: For the last 48 consecutive days, Yavatmal has no death report but on Friday a 67 year old man from Balirampur village of Zari tehsil succumbed to Covid-19, which increased the toll to 1,787. There were two new positive patients in the last 24 hours — one each from Yavatmal and Darwha. Of the 72,813 positive patients, 71,009 have recovered.
Chandrapur: There were eight new detections and six recoveries on Friday. This has left 77 patients under treatment. With no casualties, the toll remained stable at 1,535. Covid caseload has climbed to 88,520, while total recoveries amount to 86,908.