Covid deaths in Nagpur, Amravati; new cases down again

NAGPUR: The districts of Nagpur and Amravati — headquarters of the two divisions in Vidarbha region — reported one death each due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the region’s toll in August to 21 and the overall toll to 21,360.
In Nagpur, a Covid patient who was referred from another state died during treatment. In Amravati, a 45-year-old man from Dhamangaon Railway died of Covid at the time of admission to the hospital.

Twenty-two new cases were reported in Vidarbha region on Tuesday.The test count, which had gone under 6,000, improved significantly with nearly 12,500 tests being conducted in Vidarbha in the last 24 hours. Test positivity rate (TPR) once again was under 0.2%.
In all, 23 patients recovered on Tuesday. With this, 10,97,264 out of 11,18,928 patients so far have recovered, pegging Vidarbha’s recovery rate at over 98%. Now, all Vidarbha districts have more than 97% recovery rate.
Number of under-treatment patients reduced to 281 on Tuesday. Barring Nagpur, no district has more than 50 patients under treatment.
Nagpur conducted 4,424 tests in the last 24 hours and seven of them were positive. The district reported its first Covid-19 death in the last two weeks. Nagpur’s caseload reached 4,93,030 and recoveries 4,82,845.
Yavatmal: The district had no death reports on Tuesday, took helped the toll remain unchanged at 1,787. The administration has received 976 tests reports of which two were found positive. Currently there are 16 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the hospitals. Of the 72,852 positive patients, 71,049 including three on Tuesday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 10.11% and death rate is 2.45%. The daily positivity rate is 0.20 %.
Wardha: District didn’t record new case, recovery or death due to coronavirus on Tuesday. The caseload, recoveries and toll remained unchanged at 49,390, 48,062 and 1,325 respectively. There were 180 test reports in last 24 hours. Active positive patients under treatment are three in district.
Chandrapur: District scored zero in terms of detections for second consecutive day on Tuesday. There were three recoveries and no casualties during the day. The death toll and caseload remained stable at 1,540 and 88,642 respectively, while the recoveries grew to 87,063. There are 39 active patients left under treatment.
Amravati: The district reported its second Covid-19 death of the month on Tuesday, taking the toll to 1,563. A 45-year-old male from Dhamangaon Railway died at the time of admission to the hospital. The first Covid death in the month was reported on August 9 when a 45-year-old male from Morshi had died. The district reported three new cases that took the caseload to 96,069. As there was no recovery reported for the second successive day today, the patients under treatment remained at 48.
Akola: The district reported no new case for the third day in a row on Tuesday. 495 tests were conducted and all were negative. On the other hand, four patients recovered, which brought down the number of under-treatment patients from 18 to 14.
Washim: No new case was reported and three patients recovered in Washim. This reduced the number of under-treatment patients to eight — lowest for the district in many months.
Buldhana: After yesterday’s addition of 20 new cases, Buldhana reported five positive cases out of 1,531 tests conducted in last 24 hours. Three patients recovered. Now, the district has 48 patients under treatment.
Gondia: It was zero Covid day in Gondia on Tuesday. No new case, no recovery and no death were reported. 180 tests were conducted and all were negative. Two patients, both in home isolation, are recovering in Gondia.
Gadchiroli: The district’s test count increased to nearly 1,000 in Gadchiroli, out of which five tested positive for Covid-19. With six patients recovering in a day, 31 are under treatment in the district now.
Bhandara: One of the seven under-treatment patients in Bhandara district recovered on Tuesday. 499 tests were conducted and all were negative. The district now has six patients under treatment.