Nagpur: Though the entire Vidarbha is being considered as a Covid-19 hotspot with over a thousand cases reported from Nagpur district in the last three days, figures show that there is better control on the infection in Nagpur division compared to Amravati division.
Less than 7% of the total samples tested in Nagpur division tested positive on Friday. These include samples from Nagpur district where a record 12,396 tests were conducted and 1,074 of them tested positive, which is nearly 8.6% of the total samples.
Barring Wardha, where 11% of the 1,572 samples tested positive on Friday, not a single district in Nagpur division reported sample positivity rate in double digits.
On the other hand, in Amravati, nearly 20% samples tested positive. The sample positivity rate is the highest in Amravati district (38%) followed by Akola (18.7%) and Yavatmal (17.5%). Near 12% samples in Washim and Buldhana tested positive.
The present trend of increased number of tests in all 11 districts has resulted in increased number of new cases too. But conditions are improving slowly. Overall, 3,173 cases were reported on Friday. Though, more than 3,000 cases are being reported for the third day in a row, increased testing is one of the most important reason for the same.
Overall, 25,823 tests were done in Vidarbha on Friday which is a record in itself. The highest 22,000-odd tests were done earlier during the September peak. With 3,173 new cases, the total cases in Vidarbha reached 3,13,695. Recoveries were 2034, slightly more than Thursday. In all, 2,84,269 patients have recovered. This makes the recovery rate 91.8% which is less than the state and national average.
With 22 deaths reported in a day, the total toll reached 7,341. Deaths include six from Nagpur. These include 3 patients referred from other state/division, 2 from Nagpur city and 1 from rural. Amravati once again reported 8 deaths followed by Yavatmal (3), Wardha (2) and one each in Bhandara, Gadchiroli and Akola.
As the number of new cases is on the rise significantly, the fatality rate is going down rapidly in Vidarbha. On Friday, it further reduced to 2.34% which is less than the state average of 2.48%.
Akola: Out of 1,437 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, 268 tested positive. This took the total caseload to 15,392. With 47 recoveries reported in a day, 11,888 have recovered. A senior citizen patient died taking the toll to 363. Now, 3141 patients are under treatment. The district collector has extended lockdown-like restrictions in Akola up to March 8.
Gadchiroli: The district reported the first death of February on Friday. A 70-year-old woman died during treatment. She was a patient of hypertension. This took Gadchiroli’s toll to 106. With 24 new cases and 11 recoveries, the district now has 9,514 cases, 9,322 recoveries and 86 patients under treatment.
Buldhana: A record 3,273 tests were done in Buldhana out of which 391 tested positive. No death was reported. The district now has 17,979 cases, 15,258 recoveries, and 192 deaths. Total 2529 patients are under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 146 new cases out of 1,240 tests conducted on Friday. Covid-19 caseload in Washim reached 8,621, still lowest in Vidarbha region. With 39 patients recovered in a day, total 7,270 of them have recovered. No death was reported. Washim now has 1,193 patients under treatment.
Bhandara: Swab samples of 970 individuals were tested on Friday and 44 of them were found to be positive. Now, Bhandara has 13,612 cases. With 21 recoveries on Friday, 13,079 have recovered. A death was also reported which took the toll to 328. Now, 205 patients are under treatment.
Gondia: The district conducted 380 tests on Friday and 11 of them tested positive. Only 1 patient recovered. No death was reported. Now, the district has 14,400 cases, 14,109 recoveries and 185 deaths. 106 patients are under treatment.
Amravati: A spike of 754 fresh cases and eight deaths took the district’s Covid caseload to 33,585 and toll to 495 on Friday. The day’s spike in cases is lesser than the ones recorded in the last three days. The day also saw 594 recoveries for a total of 28,358, which left 4,732 under treatment, including 3,483 in home isolation.
Yavatmal: Three deaths of senior citizens took the Covid toll to 460. Out of the 1,374 test reports, 241 were positive. Currently, there are 1,427 patients undergoing treatment in Covid Care Centres across the district. Out of 17,097 patients, 15,213, including 154 of Friday, have recovered.
Wardha: After 175 new Covid cases were detected on Friday, collector Prerana Deshbhratar has issued an order of 36-hour lockdown starting 8pm of Saturday to 8am of Monday. The new cases took the caseload to 12,032, while 85 patients were discharged thus recoveries increased to 10,717. A 70-year-old man from Wardha and an 80-year-old woman from Arvi died due to Coronavirus, which took the Covid toll to 339. As on date, the number of patients in the district is 976. Out of 1,572 test reports received on Friday, 109 men and 66 women (175) tested positive. The cases were reported from Wardha 89, Deoli 30, Arvi 17, Hinganghat 16, Karanja 9, Selu 6, Ashti 5 and Samudrapur 3.
Chandrapur: In all 45 new Covid cases were detected in the district on Friday, while 18 patients were discharged, leaving 245 under treatment. No death reported during the day keeping the toll at 398. The Covid case count has climbed to 23,558, while total recoveries to 22,915.
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