No new cases in 8 Vidarbha districts; 13 recover

Nagpur: First time in the last 10 days, Vidarbha reported single-digit increase in new Covid-19 cases on Monday. Only 8 new cases were reported in the region — 4 from Nagpur and 2 each from Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts. Remaining 8 districts reported no new cases, which is a positive indicator.
Tests, on the other hand, reduced to 4,589 due to Sunday being a holiday.Also, no death was reported in the region on Monday.
The test positivity rate is 0.17%, which is very low. Recovery rate of Vidarbha is constantly above 98%. With more recoveries than new cases in a day, the number of under-treatment patients reduced to 165. Barring 73 in Nagpur district, majority of patients are in home isolation. Most of those admitted in hospital are having mild symptoms.
As far as Nagpur is concerned, three of Monday’s 4 patients were from Nagpur city (NMC limits), while 1 was from Nagpur rural. Also, all 4 who recovered in the day were from city limits only. Now, 73 are under treatment in Nagpur — 60 from city, 12 from rural and 1 from other states.
Wardha: District didn’t report new positive case, recovery or death on Monday. The caseload, recoveries and toll remained unchanged at 49,434, 48,101 and 1,326 respectively. 148 test reports were received while no one was positive for coronavirus. The active positive patients under treatment are three in the district.
Yavatmal: The district saw no death on Monday, keeping the toll unchanged at 1,788. Currently there are 27 active positive patients under treatment. The administration received 142 reports of which two were found positive. Of the 72,966 positive patients, 71,151 including one on Monday have recovered. The test positivity rate is 9.46%, death rate is 2.45% and daily positivity rate is 1.41%. Currently the district has 1,757 beds meant for the Covid-19 patients.
Amravati: None of 440 samples tested came positive on Monday and one recovery took the total to 94,584. With no death reported, the number of active cases under treatment came down to 14.
Chandrapur: District witnessed two cases on Monday. With no recoveries during the day, Covid active patients increased to 15. There was however no casualty. The Covid caseload has risen to 88,874, whereas total recoveries and toll remained constant at 87,316 and 1,543 respectively.
Akola: No new case was detected on Monday, while one under-treatment patient recovered. Now, the district has seven patients under treatment. Total cases in Akola are now at 57,906. Out of them, 56,758 have recovered. Total 188 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Washim: Neither a new Covid-19 patient was detected in the district nor any recovery was reported in the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is 41,778, while 41,134 of them have recovered till date. Four are under treatment.
Buldhana: Five patients recovered in the district on Monday. This reduced the number of under-treatment patients to 7. The district reported no new case in 256 tests conducted in the day. Buldhana has 87,659 total cases, including 86,977 recoveries and 675 deaths so far.
Gondia: Only 33 tests were conducted in the district on Monday. All of them were negative. The district now has 3 under-treatment patients, two of them in home isolation.
Bhandara: Another zero day was witnessed in the district as all 18 tests conducted in the last 24 hours were negative. Bhandara has only 1 patient under treatment now.
Gadchiroli: One out of the 8 under-treatment patients recovered on Monday. No new case was reported out of 418 tests. The district now has 30,073 recoveries out of 30,831 total cases detected till date.