Deaths in Chanda and Washim, no cases in Bhandara & G’hiroli

Nagpur: Chandrapur and Washim districts reported deaths of patients due to Covid on Sunday, taking Vidarbha’s toll to 21,347.
All the other districts, including Nagpur, reported no deaths. Overall, 40 new cases were reported in a day in Vidarbha while 62 patients recovered. Bhandara and Gadchiroli were the two districts where zero new cases were reported in a day.
Out of 11,18,661 cases in the region, 10,96,782 have recovered. The recovery rate is still above 98% which is better than the state and national average. The number of under-treatment patients came down to 529 on Sunday.
Districts in Vidarbha conducted 14,338 tests in the last 24 hours which means a good average is being maintained. The test count is expected to reduce on Sunday and will reflect in Monday’s figures.
The overall test positivity in Vidarbha was under 0.30% and most of the districts had less TPR than this figure. This indicates that the spread is well under control in Vidarbha. Schools in rural Vidarbha have reopened from August 1. Still, there is no spike in cases reported in any rural area till date. Experts have suggested that the next two weeks would be crucial for the region.
Akola: Six out of the 605 tests conducted in the last 24 hours were positive which took the total case load of the district to 57,789. No recoveries were reported. Now, the district has 58 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: The district conducted 1,847 tests out of which 15 new cases were reported. With 8 recoveries on Sunday, 86,593 out of 87,326 patients have recovered. The toll is 672 till date. In all, 61 patients are under treatment.
Washim: One positive case and five recoveries took the total case load to 41,676 and recoveries to 41,021 respectively. With one death reported on Sunday, the toll escalated to 637. Now, 17 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: No new case was reported in the district for the first time in the second wave. On the other hand, 8 patients recovered. Now, Gadchiroli has 38 patients under treatment.
Gondia: Out of 514 tests, only 1 tested positive while three patients recovered. Now, only four patients are under treatment with 3 of them in home isolation. The district is on its way to become the second Covid-free district of Maharashtra.
Bhandara: The Covid-free status of Bhandara got extended by one more day as not a single sample out of 532 in the last 24 hours tested positive. The district continued to have zero patients under treatment for the third day in a row.
Amravati: No Covid deaths were reported for the 17th successive day. There were just six new cases and three recoveries. The caseload is now 96,571 and total recoveries 94,934, leaving 76 active cases under treatment.
Chandrapur: There were three new cases registered against 14 recoveries, leaving 76 active patients under treatment. With just one casualty, the toll is now 1,536. While the Covid caseload has inched up to 88,539, the total recoveries are 86,927.
Wardha: With two patients testing positive, the total number of cases is now 49,381. Meanwhile, one patient was discharged, taking the recovery count to 48,041. Currently, there are 15 active positive undergoing treatment. With no deaths on Sunday, the toll remained stable at 1,325.
Yavatmal: The district reported no death on Sunday, which kept the toll static at 1,787. There was one new case from Ralegaon. Of the 72,814 patients so far, 71,017 — including four on Sunday — have recovered.