No recoveries in five districts, zero deaths in Vidarbha

NAGPUR: A day after recording a lone fatality in Washim, no Covid death took place once again in the region on Saturday.

Bhandara and Gondia, Wardha, Akola and Buldhana also didn’t see any Covid patient being discharged in the day.
Slightly fewer Covid tests were done resulting in less number of cases as compared to Friday. Over 500 tests were less in the day.Of these, 33 tested positive in the region. Total recoveries too were less than the new cases. This was the fifth occasion in August when the recoveries were less than new cases.
Now, 282 are under treatment
Gadchiroli: The district reported 2 new cases and three recovered patients. The district now has 30 active cases.
Washim: Two new patients and three recoveries took place in the district. Death remains at 638. Total cases are at 41,704. Active case tally is 564.
Bhandara: The district didn’t report any death or case or patient’s discharge. But it still has 8 active patients.
Gondia: The district too didn’t report a single Covid case, death or recovery. the number of patients under treatment is 4.
Buldhana: The district witnessed one new case. No death took place. According to the official data, the district reported three recoveries. This left 9 active cases.
Akola: The district reported 3 patients but no recovery or Covid death. Active cases are 16.
Amravati: Four new cases, one recovery and no Covid death were reported on Saturday. With this, the caseload reached to 96,056, recoveries to 94,435 while the toll remained at 1,562. This left 55 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: The toll in Yavatmal remained unchanged at 1,787 due to no death report. The administration has received 946 tests reports of which four were found positive. Currently there are 18 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the hospitals. Of the 72,859 positive patients, 71,045 including one on Saturday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.14% and death rate is 2.45%. The daily positivity rate is 0.42%.
Wardha: The active positive patients remained unchanged on Saturday as no new positive, recovery or death was reported. There was no new positive from 333 tests while caseload is 49,390, recoveries 48,061 and toll stands at 1,325. The active positive under treatment in district are 4.
Chandrapur: There were nine detections and seven recoveries on Monday leaving 51 active patients under treatment. There was no casualty reported during the day. The caseload has grown to 88,638, while total recoveries amounts to 87,048.