NAGPUR: For the first time during Covid second wave, Vidarbha reported significantly less cases than 1,000 on Monday.
Though, reduced number of tests — under 30,000 due to Sunday on June 6 — could be the major reason for this, test positivity under 2.5% is a strong indicator that conditions are improving rapidly in the region.
Barring Nagpur and Amravati, all Vidarbha districts reported less than 100 cases.
Six districts reported below 50 cases, including Gondia’s record drop to only 5 new cases out of more than 1,500 tests done in the last 24 hours.
Also 2,173 — nearly three times of the day’s 690 new cases — recovered on Monday.
Now, out of 10,89,455 total cases reported till date in Vidarbha, 10,52,918 have recovered.
Overall recovery rate is 96.6%, which is higher than state and national average.
Almost every district in Vidarbha has 95% and more recovery rate now.
The number of Covid deaths on Monday was 27, one more than yesterday’s lowest 26.
However, five districts — Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Yavatmal and Washim — reported zero Covid casualties on Monday, which could be considered as a great relief factor because these districts are rural dominated.
Nagpur district registered 8 Covid deaths, 5 of them from city, and 3 of the patients coming from other states.
Nagpur rural reported zero deaths once again.
With more patients recovering daily, the number of under-treatment patients has gone down to 15,157 now.
This comes to less than 1.5% of the total cases reported till date.
Overall, less patients are hospitalized and most districts in the region have enough vacant beds, which is an important parameter to decide the further unlock level.
Bhandara: The district conducted 1,256 tests in the last 24 hours and only 14 of them tested positive.
While 100 patients recovered in the day, no Covid death was reported in Bhandara for the 3rd consecutive day.
Now, the district has total 59,212 cases, 57,423 recoveries, 1,055 deaths and 734 patients under treatment.
The recovery rate of Bhandara is 97%.
Gondia: Only 5 out of 1,542 samples tested in Gondia in the last 24 hours were positive, which indicates near zero test positivity in the district, which is already in level 1 of unlock policy.
No Covid death was reported in Gondia too.
12 patients recovered in the day.
Now, out of total 40,947 patients, 39,921 have recovered at 97.5% recovery rate.
Total 333 patients are under treatment, with 271 of them in home isolation.
Chandrapur: There were 63 new detections and 171 recoveries on Monday, leaving 1,460 patients under treatment.
The day also witnessed six deaths lifting the Covid toll to 1,485.
Covid caseload has now climbed to 83,649, whereas total recoveries to 80,704.
Amravati: With just 208 new cases and five deaths, the district posted a reassuring picture on Monday.
The Covid caseload is now 94,289, while the toll 1,506.
With 439 persons getting discharge, total recoveries have went up to 89,599 for a recovery rate of 95.03%.
The number of patients under treatment is now 3,184.
Yavatmal: The district reported zero Covid casualty on Monday, which also marked the first day of the unlock from the prolonged Covid restrictions.
Another highlight of the day was 27 new cases were detected against 81 recoveries.
Of the 2,963 test reports received in the day, 27 (18 men and 9 women) were found positive.
Currently there are 763 patients — 313 in hospitals and 450 in home quarantine — under treatment.
Of the 72,419 total patients, 69,877 including 81 reported on Monday have recovered.
The test positivity rate is 11.13% and the death rate is at 2.46%.
The daily positivity rate has dipped to 0.91%.
Wardha: The district registered 20 Covid cases on Monday out of 1,049 test reports.
The caseload thus reached 48,828 and recoveries to 46,753 after 189 were discharged.
Currently, 770 patients are under treatment.
Three men (aged 54, 68 and 74) from Wardha died due to coronavirus during treatment, taking the Covid toll to 1,305.
The new cases reported include Hinganghat 9, Wardha 6, Arvi and Karanja 1 each and 3 from other districts.
Gadchiroli: As the number of patients is reducing, contact tracing has also got limited in districts like Gadchiroli.
Only 221 tests were done in the last 24 hours.
Out of them, 24 tested positive.
On the other hand, 95 patients recovered.
No death was reported in Gadchiroli too.
Now, the district has 422 patients under treatment.
The district’s Covid caseload has reached 29,664 and recoveries to 28,515.
Akola: Only 42 new cases were detected in Akola on Monday, lowest in the second wave, so far, despite conducting over 1,300 tests.
Akola’s test positivity is also reducing now.
On the other hand, 308 patients recovered.
Two deaths were reported in the day.
Now, Akola has 56,704 total cases, 53,092 recoveries and 1,104 deaths.
Total 2,508 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The district reported 97 new cases after conducting 2,208 tests on Monday.
This took total cases in Buldhana to 85,619.
With 190 patients recovered in the day, total 84,113 have defeated the virus.
Three deaths were reported, taking the Covid toll to 633.
Now, 865 patients are under treatment in Buldhana.
Washim: The district reported 56 new cases out of nearly 2,000 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
Now, Washim has total 40,672 cases of Covid-19.
No death was reported on Monday, while 158 patients recovered in the day.
Total 882 patients are under treatment now.