No Covid death in Vidarbha in last 4 days

Nagpur: The last two days, August 15 and 16, continued to provide relief to Vidarbha region as Covid conditions improved further.
No deaths were reported in any of the 11 districts of Vidarbha in the last four days. The test positivity rate (TPR) is constantly under 0.30% and in many districts, it’s zero. The number of new cases is also down significantly.The recovery rate is constantly higher than the new cases which means patients under treatment are reducing daily.
While 14 new cases were reported on Independence Day, 24 were recorded on August 16. The number of tests drastically reduced as it was a I-Day holiday on Sunday. Only 6,392 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in Vidarbha, which is lowest in the second wave. The number is likely to improve on working days.
No deaths for four days has happened for the first time since more than a year now. Even when the first wave had receded, the toll did not stop for so long in Vidarbha. Now, only 360 patients are under treatment which is the lowest in the last many months. Interestingly, a majority of them are in home isolation. Hospital beds are largely unoccupied.
August so far has been the best month for Vidarbha in terms of Covid-19 conditions. Only 12 deaths have been reported in the last 16 days.
Bhandara: The district reported four new cases in the last two days which took the number of patients to 60,074 and under-treatment patients to 5. This means the district has lost its Covid-free status after 5 days. Near 500 tests were conducted in the last 2 days.
Gondia: One new patient was reported in the last two days after 650 tests. This took the number of under-treatment patients in the district to 2. Both are in home isolation. Beds are vacant in all hospitals/CCCs.
Gadchiroli: Six new cases were reported in the last two days while ten patients recovered. The district now has 30,665 cases with 29,887 recoveries and 745 deaths reported till date. Total 33 patients are under treatment.
Akola: The district conducted near 900 tests in the last two days with 4 of them testing positive. Six patients recovered as well. Now, there are 35 patients under treatment and most of them are in home isolation.
Washim: Five new cases and 2 recoveries were reported in the last two days. Now, 16 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: No new case was reported in the last two days despite more than 2,000 tests. Two patients recovered. Now, the district has 41 patients under treatment.
Wardha: No positive cases out of 227 test reports as well as no deaths on Monday. The caseload remained constant at 49,386 and toll 1,325. One patient was discharged, taking the total recoveries to 48,055, leaving 6 active positive under treatment in the district.
Amravati: Just three new cases and five recoveries took the district’s caseload to 96,609 and recoveries to 95,000 respectively on Monday.
Yavatmal: The district reported no deaths. Now, there are 47 active cases under treatment.
The toll remained unchanged at 1,787. The administration received 421 test reports during the last 24 hours of which 2 were found to be positive. Currently, there are 7 active positive patients undergoing treatment. Of the 72,824 positive patients, 71,030, including 2 on Monday, have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.26 % and death rate is 2.45 %. The daily positivity rate is 0.48 %.
Chandrapur: There were just two cases against eight recoveries on Monday. With no casualty during the day, the toll remained stable at 1,537. With 86,976 patients recovered out of 88,578, there are just 65 active patients left under treatment.