36 new Covid cases, 43 recoveries in last 2 days in Vidarbha

NAGPUR: Vidarbha region reported 36 new cases of Covid while 43 patients recovered from the disease in the last 48 hours.
Due to the immersion holiday on Sunday, less than 10,000 tests were conducted in the last two days in the region. Overall, the Covid scenario was well under control till the last day of Ganeshotsav. The effect of the festivities on the number of cases is likely to be seen in the next 4-5 days as the infection cycle of the virus is of 14 days.
On Monday, 23 new cases were reported in 11 districts. Interestingly, 13 of them were from Nagpur district alone. Six districts – Bhandara, Wardha, Gadchiroli, Akola, Amravati and Yavatmal — reported zero new cases. On the other hand, 22 patients recovered from the region. Now, out of 11,19,483 cases reported till date, 10,97,880 have recovered. Vidarbha region is still maintaining a little more than 98% recovery rate.
One death in Wardha on Sunday took the total toll of Vidarbha to 21,363, but the case fatality rate is still 1.90% which is less than the state’s 2.1%.
In all, 198 patients are still under treatment in the region. Out of them, 75 are in Nagpur district where home isolation is not permitted. Six districts are having less than 10 patients under treatment. The number of tests being done in the region is going down significantly.
Amravati: Five recoveries as against zero new cases took the district’s total recoveries to 94,498 while the caseload remained at 96,100. With no deaths reported today, only six active cases are now under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district has no death report or new positive patients in last 48 hours, keeping the death toll unchanged at 1,787. Currently there are five active positive patients undergoing treatment in the hospitals. The administration received only 63 test reports of which all of them were found negative. Of the 72,872 positive patients, 71,080 including one on Monday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 9.88%, death rate is 2.45% and daily positivity rate is zero.
Wardha: After no new positive case, recovery or death the caseload, recoveries and toll remained unchanged at 49,394, 48,063 and 1,326 respectively. Zero test reports were received while three are active positives in the district on Monday.
Chandrapur: There were 30 active patients left under treatment with two detections and equal number of recoveries on Monday. No casualty was reported during the day. A total of 87,135 patients have recovered so far out of total 88,705 infected people.
Akola: The district conducted only 136 tests on Sunday and none of them was positive. Out of 57,850 cases, 56,698 have recovered till date. The toll is 1,136. Now, 16 patients are under treatment.
Washim: Two new cases were detected while 2 patients recovered on Monday. Now, out of 41,739 cases, 41,095 have recovered. The toll is 638. Now, 5 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district conducted 362 tests in the last 24 hours and 4 of them were found positive on Monday. Out of 87,548 cases, 86,847 have recovered. The toll is 673. In all, 28 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district conducted 376 tests in the last 24 hours. None of them tested positive. Now, the total case load is 30,760 of which 29,997 have recovered. The toll is 746. Total 17 patients are under treatment.
Bhandara: No new case was reported in the district in the last 48 hours. No patient recovered. Bhandara now has only six patients under treatment. Total case load of the district is 60,092. Out of them, 58,953 have recovered. The toll is 1,133.
Gondia: Two new patients were detected on Monday. Now, the total case load has reached 41,218. Out of them, 40,504 have recovered. Seven patients are under treatment. All seven are in home isolation.