Half of day’s cases from Nagpur, no Covid case in 6 districts of Vidarbha

NAGPUR: More than half of the day’s cases were reported from Nagpur district alone on Monday. The day’s 14 cases from Nagpur included 12 who had tested positive between Saturday and Sunday. TOI had reported about the cluster of cases in its Monday edition.
Interestingly, six districts didn’t report any new case while four, excluding Nagpur, recorded 13 cases.The number of tests again came down to 6,206, mainly due to Sunday being a holiday for many government centres. No Covid deaths took place in Vidarbha.

As reported by TOI, the 12 persons were high-risk close contacts of two other cops who had tested positive first in Nagpur. As per the civil surgeon’s data, 12 samples were found positive in rapid antigen tests. The police hospital has swung into action after two cops informed them about their positive test results late on Saturday night. Immediately, all the high-risk close contacts were called and tested by Sunday morning itself.
The civil surgeon’s data reflect day’s cases uploaded up to 12noon. The other two cases were from a public and private lab of Nagpur.
Washim: Three cases were recorded in the district while five patients were discharged and the toll remained unchanged. The active case tally is at 12.
Bhandara: The district didn’t report a new case from 14 tests. No death or patient’s discharge took place. A sole patient is under treatment.
Gondia: The district didn’t report any Covid case or death while four patients got discharged. The number of patients under treatment is 2.
Buldhana: The district witnessed six new cases. No Covid deaths took place. According to official data, the district reported five recoveries. This left 46 active cases.
Akola: The district didn’t report a new case but two patients recovered. The active cases are 17.
Gadchiroli: The district reported three new cases and six patients recovered. It has 12 active patients.
Amravati: As none of the 156 samples turned out to be positive, the district did not report any new case on Monday. While there were no deaths, two recoveries took the total to 94,488 for a rate of 98.33. This left just 14 cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: With no deaths on Monday, the toll remained unchanged at 1,787. The district has 5 active positive patients undergoing treatment in hospitals. The administration received 405 reports of which one was found positive. Of the 72,866 positive patients, 71,074 have recovered. The test positivity rate is 9.95 %, death rate 2.45 % and daily positivity rate zero%. The district has made available 2,160 beds for Covid patients which are lying vacant. So far, the district tested 7,32,225 swab samples of which 6,59,279 were found negative.
Chandrapur: The district scored yet another zero in terms of detection, while registering a solitary recovery on Monday. The toll remained unchanged with no casualties. There were 33 active patients under treatment. The caseload remained stable at 88,688, while recoveries inched up to 87,115.
Wardha: The district has not recorded any new positive case, recovery or death on Monday. The caseload, recoveries and toll remained unchanged at 49,392, 48,063 and 1,325 respectively. Total 95 reports were received with 3 active positive in the district.