NAGPUR: The Covid-19 conditions in Vidarbha turned more serious on Thursday when the region reported its first 2,000+ spike in daily new cases after October 13, 2020. This took Vidarbha’s total caseload to 2.91 lakh now. The region has reported 6,627 new cases in last 5 days, which means more than a 1,000 cases per day.
Amravati, Yavatmal and Akola are still the three worst-hit districts in the region. Number of tests have also gone up significantly in these three districts, but the sample positivity rate is still very high. In Amravati, 1,799 tests were done in last 24 hours and 597 of them tested positive for sample positivity rate of over 33% here. In Yavatmal, 277 out of 620 samples tested positive, which means 38% samples were positive. In Akola, this rate was 30% while in Buldhana it’s 26%.
The news of mutated strain of virus being found in Yavatmal and Amravati created panic among people on Thursday. Social media was full of posts about severe infectious nature of new strains and possibility of another deadly peak of Covid-19 in the region. Later in the day, experts also made it clear that the new strain is more contagious, and only strict restrictions and distancing can prevent a second wave.
Total 15 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported in the region on Thursday. They include Nagpur (6), Amravati (4), Buldhana (2), Gondia (1), Chandrapur (1), and Yavatmal (1). With this, total death toll reached 7,165 and case fatality rate reduced to 2.47%.
Thursday’s 2,052 cases came from Nagpur (644), Amravati (597), Akola (259), Yavatmal (237), Buldhana (134), Wardha (89), Washim (41), Bhandara (19), Chandrapur (16), Gadchiroli (9), and Gondia (7). Recoveries came from Nagpur (250), Amravati (165), Yavatmal (66), Buldhana (66), Akola (46), Wardha (15), Chandrapur (12), Bhandara (11), Gondia (5) Washim (5), and Gadchiroli (1).
Nagpur: The district reported 644 new cases out of 6775 tests done in last 24 hours. Out of six deaths reported in Nagpur district, 3 were of the patients referred from other states/districts in critical condition, 2 deaths were of the city-based patients and 1 from Nagpur rural.
Wardha: The district crossed 11,000 mark as 89 patients infected with the virus were detected on Thursday. Now, caseload is 11,005 while recoveries are 10,001.
Chandrapur: With 16 new detections and 12 recoveries on Thursday, Chandrapur now has 108 patients under treatment. One more death was reported during the day taking the toll to 395.
Bhandara: Total 19 new cases and 11 recoveries were reported from Bhandara district on Thursday. Now, the district has 13438 total cases, 12992 recoveries, and 326 deaths reported till date.
Gondia: The district has reported 7 new patients and 5 recoveries on Thursday. An under-treatment patient died in a day taking death toll of Gondia to 184. The district now has 14314 total cases of Covid-19, including 14054 recoveries and 76 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: Nine new patients were detected on Thursday while 1 patient recovered from the Covid-19. This took total number of cases in Gadchiroli to 9436 and recoveries to 9285. Total 105 deaths due to Covid-19 have been reported here till date. Now, 46 patients are under treatment.
Akola: The district has reported 259 new cases in a day which is record for the new year. This took Akola’s total cases above 13k mark and reached 13137. Total 46 patients recovered in a day. No death was reported. Now, with 11384 recoveries and 346 deaths, total 1407 patients are under treatment in Akola.
Amravati: An all time high spike of 597 for the district coupled with four deaths today has forced the administration here to declare weekend lockdown from ensuing Saturday. The spike took the caseload to 27323 and toll past 450 to 452.
Yavatmal: The district conducted 620 tests in a day, and 237 of them tested positive. A 71-yr-old man, from Yavatmal city died during treatment. This took Covid-19 death toll of the district to 443.
Buldhana: The district conducted 649 tests in last 24 hours and 134 of them tested positive. This took total number of Covid-19 cases in Buldhana to 15,359.
Washim: The district reported 41 new cases and 05 recoveries in a day on Thursday. This took total cases in Washim to 7457, which is lowest in Vidarbha region. Out of them, 7,086 have recovered.
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