80-year-old fully vaxxed man dies in Bhandara

Nagpur: An 80-year-old fully vaccinated man died of Covid late Saturday in Bhandara. This was the first Covid death after over six months in Bhandara, the district information office (DIO) stated in a press release. The deceased was suffering from various heart and lung-related ailments.
The DIO release stated that the man had been admitted to a private hospital and then a government hospital but passed away after seven-eight days of treatment.District collector Sandeep Kadam appealed to all eligible citizens not to delay Covid vaccination, which prevents severe Covid infection.
This was also the second day in a row when a fully vaccinated man passed away in eastern Vidarbha. On Saturday, Gondia had recorded the death of a 55-year-old HIV positive man who was fully vaccinated. The sporadic Covid deaths earlier reported from different districts of Vidarbha largely consisted of unvaccinated individuals.
The number of new cases jumped to 11 in the region but more recoveries (14) were reported.
In Nagpur district, three cases were reported from city limits and one from rural. Nine patients recovered in the day, leaving 46 patients under treatment.
Chandrapur: One new case and one recovery kept the number of patients under treatment unchanged at 14 on Sunday. No death was reported during the day. As many as 1,135 tests were conducted during last 24 hours. A total of 7,86,464 samples have been tested so far, out of which 6,96,468 samples have been found negative. The caseload has grown to 88,878 while the total recoveries now amount to 87,321. The toll stands at 1,543.
Wardha: The district did not report any new case, recovery or death due to coronavirus and received 327 test reports. The caseload, recoveries and toll remained unchanged at 49,437, 48,103 and 1,326 respectively on Sunday, leaving four patients under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district reported no death, keeping the toll unchanged at 1,788. Currently there are 19 patients under treatment. The administration received 785 test reports of which one was found positive. Of the 72,971 patients so far, 71,164, including two on Sunday, have recovered.
The test positivity rate is 9.42%, death rate is 2.45% and daily positivity rate is 0.19%. The administration has 1,761 beds available for Covid patients in the hospitals across the district.
Amravati: Four of the 641 samples tested were found positive on Sunday, taking the district’s caseload to 96,208. One recovery took the total to 94,594, leaving 14 patients under treatment.
Washim: The district remained Covid free despite 400 tests in the day. There were no new cases, deaths or recoveries.
Bhandara: The district conducted 283 tests but didn’t find any new Covid case. Two patients are under treatment.
Gondia: No new case, recovery or death was recorded on Saturday and 208 tests were conducted. Three patients are under treatment in the district.
Akola: The district reported one new case and no recovery or death, while 386 tests were conducted. There are five patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district didn’t record a new case even though 1,082 tests were done. Nine patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district has seven patients under treatment, though no new case was recorded and no patient recovered. It performed 217 tests.