18,000+ tests in Vid; 24 new cases, no Covid death

Nagpur: Contrary to the widespread superstition about Friday the 13th being a day of bad luck, it turned out to be yet another lucky day for Vidarbha in terms of Covid-19 situation. More than 18,000 tests were conducted in 11 districts, out of which only 24 turned out to be positive. The overall test positivity reached new low of 0.13%.
Five districts, including 4 in Nagpur division alone, reported zero new cases.While Bhandara continued its Covid-free status on Friday too; Gondia now has 1 patient under treatment, Wardha 4, and Yavatmal 9.
The number of new cases in a day, 24, has been lowest for Vidarbha since July, 2020. On the other hand, 51 patients recovered. As recoveries are constantly more than new cases, Vidarbha now has 422 patients under treatment. This number is lowest since July 2020 again.
Moreover, at least 80% of the under-treatment patients are recovering in home isolation. Hospital beds are unoccupied and oxygen requirement is at lowest side.
Overall, the conditions in Vidarbha have improved significantly. Administration in all districts are taking no chances after detection of Delta+ variant in the region. Test count has significantly increased on Friday.
Chandrapur and Buldhana reported zero cases for the first time. Especially, Buldhana conducted 2,527 tests, and not a single positive, which is a record for the district.
Bhandara: The district continued its Covid-free status on Friday. Total 398 tests were conducted and all were negative. Bhandara has no patient under-treatment.
Wardha: Only four are active positives in the district after discharge of three patients on Friday. No new cases or death was reported while total cases are 49,382, recoveries 48,053 and toll 1,325. On Friday, 382 test reports were received.
Amravati: Four new cases and five recoveries took the caseload to 96,597 and total recoveries to 94,978 respectively on Friday. With the district reporting no Covid death, there were left just 57 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: Yavatmal has no death report on Friday which makes the toll remained unchanged at 1,787. The administration has received 1,281 test reports of which two were positive, one each from Darwha and Digras. Of the 72,822 positive patients, 71,027 including one on Friday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.20% and death rate is 2.45%. The daily positivity rate is 0.16%.
Chandrapur: There was zero detection of cases for first time since inseption of pandemic against seven recoveries on Friday. With no casualty during the day, toll remained stable at 1,537. With 86,951 patients recovered out of total 88,559, there are just 71 active patients left under treatment.
Gondia: One Covid patient, who was hospitalized in Gondia, got discharge on Friday. Now, the district has only 1 patient, that too in home isolation. Gondia conducted 561 tests in the day and none came positive.
Buldhana: For the first time, zero new cases were reported in Buldhana, while 8 patients recovered on Friday. Now, the district has 67 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: Six new cases and two recoveries marked the day in Gadchiroli. The Covid caseload reached 30,654 on Friday, while recoveries to 29,871. Now, 38 patients are under treatment.
Washim: Three new cases and two recoveries were reported in the district on Friday. Now, 13 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Out of 814 tests, only 1 turned out to be positive in Akola on Friday. On the other hand, 7 patients recovered. Now, 38 patients are under treatment in the district.