Nagpur district’s 12 cases take Vidarbha Covid-19 tally to 26

Nagpur: After seeing the second consecutive day of double-digit increase in Covid-19 cases in Nagpur district, the number of new cases detected in Vidarbha was 26 on Monday. Nagpur district reported 12 new patients. Total test count of Vidarbha dipped to below 6,000 as fewer tests were conducted in the region on August 5 being a Sunday. Amravati reported no new case for the second day in a row on Monday.Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia and Yavatmal also reported no new cases.
On the other hand, 44 patients recovered in the day. Highest 15 recovered from Buldhana, the district which is witnessing surge in numbers in the last 7 days. Now, out of 11,19,445 total cases in the region, 10,97,442 have recovered, which means recovery rate is 98%.
The most promising development for Vidarbha is that no Covid death has been reported in September so far. Total 217 Covid cases were reported, while 182 recovered in the six days of September, but no death. This means, patients in Vidarbha are recovering without severe disease. Total 303 patients are under treatment now, most of them in home isolation.
Amravati: For the second successive day, the district reported no new Covid case. There were no deaths either. With 11 getting discharge, recoveries reached 94,458 for a rate of 98.3%. This left 32 under treatment.
Wardha: There were 46 tests in the last 24 hours and none was positive. Two patients are under treatment in the district while caseload, recoveries and toll remain unchanged at 49,392, 48,062 and 1,325 respectively.
Chandrapur: Ten recoveries as against two new cases brought the number of patients under treatment down to 42 on Monday. There was no death during the day and the toll remained at 1,540. A total of 87,086 Covid patients have recovered so far out of the infected 88,668.
Yavatmal: The district recorded no death and no new patients in the last 24 hours, keeping the toll unchanged at 1,787. The administration received 208 test reports and all of them were found negative. Currently there are 10 patients under treatment.
Of the 72,864 patients so far, 71,067 — including four on Monday — have recovered. 7,27,171 swab tests have been done so far out of which 6,54,299 were found negative. The test positivity rate is 10.02% and the death rate is 2.45%. The district has 2,160 beds available for Covid patients.
Akola: Total 213 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. One of them tested positive. This took the Covid caseload to 57,827. No patient recovered in the day. Now, 17 patients are under treatment.
Washim: One new patient and 2 recoveries were reported from the district on Monday. Now, the district has 41,724 total cases and 41,070 recoveries. As on date, 15 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Nine out of 399 test reports received on Monday were positive in the district. Now, the caseload has reached 87,784. On the other hand, 15 patients recovered. This took total recoveries to 86,727. Now, 84 patients are under treatment, which is highest in Vidarbha.
Bhandara: All 16 test reports received on Monday were negative. With no change in the number of new cases and recoveries, only one patient remained under treatment in the district.
Gondia: Another ‘zero day’ was reported in Gondia too. All 140 test results were negative. Now, 8 patients are under treatment, and six of them in home isolation.
Gadchiroli: One out of 323 test reports received in the day was positive. Two patients recovered on Monday. Now, Gadchiroli has 36 patients under treatment.