Nagpur: All six districts in Nagpur division reported zero Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, for the second day in a row.
But unlike Monday, four out of five districts in Amravati division — Akola, Amravati, Buldhana and Washim – reported 1 death each, taking Vidarbha’s tally to 4 and the overall Covid-19 death toll to 20,212.
After Sunday’s lull, daily test count increased significantly to 21,214 in the last 24 hours.
Despite this, the number of new cases went down to 121.
This shows that the case positivity is going further down in the region.
Number of daily recoveries is also going down but it’s due to the cascading effect of reducing number of new daily cases.
Still, 153 patients recovered on Tuesday.
Vidarbha’s recovery rate continued to be at 98% for the sixth day in a row.
The number of under-treatment patients reduced further to 1,439, which is merely 0.13% of the total cases reported till date.
Most of the patients are under home isolation.
More than 95% of the oxygen beds in Vidarbha are unoccupied.
Only Amravati and Akola districts have more than 200 patients under treatment, while all others have fewer than that.
Bhandara, Wardha, Gondia and Yavatmal have less than 50 patients each under treatment.
No patient is hospitalized on oxygen bed in any of these districts.
Wardha: The number of patients undergoing treatment in the district continue to go down as fewer new cases are being detected.
There are 40 active cases after nine recoveries and three new cases were reported on Tuesday.
The caseload is 49,257 and recoveries are 47,895.
Of the 674 test reports received, two from Wardha and one from Arvi were positive for coronavirus.
No death was reported on Tuesday and the toll is still 1,322.
Amravati: After two deathless days, a 70-year-old man from Achalpur fell prey to Covid to take the toll to 1,556 on Tuesday.
The number of new cases came down to just 15 today which took the caseload to 96,191.
Thirty-six recoveries of the day took the total to 94,298 for a rate of 98.03%.
This left 337 patients under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district retained its ‘no death’ status on the 18th consecutive day, which kept the toll unchanged at 1,789.
The administration received 257 test reports, of which three were positive.
Currently there are 27 patients undergoing treatment.
Of the 72,749 patients so far, 70,936 — including six on Tuesday — have recovered.
The test positivity rate is 10.65% and death rate is 2.46%.
The daily positivity rate is 1.17%.
Chandrapur: The district scored yet another zero in casualties, while 11 new cases and 13 recoveries were registered on Tuesday.
This left 169 patients under treatment, while the toll remained at 1,532.
Covid caseload has climbed to 84,750, while total recoveries amount to 83,049.
Bhandara: For the second consecutive day, Bhandara district reported zero new cases and zero deaths due to Covid-19.
This, despite the district conducting 1,106 tests in last 24 hours.
In addition, 3 patients recovered.
With 59,487 total cases, 58,338 recoveries and 1,129 deaths reported till date, Bhandara now has only 20 patients under treatment, which is lowest in the Vidarbha region.
Gondia: The district reported one new case, 4 recoveries and no death on Tuesday.
Only 35 patients are under treatment in Gondia and 24 of them are under home isolation.
This means only 11 patients are admitted in hospitals.
The district conducted 1,278 tests in last 24 hours, pegging the day’s test positivity in Gondia at 0.08% — the lowest in Vidarbha region.
Gadchiroli: A marginal but consistent increase in number of cases is being reported in Gadchiroli from last 4 days.
On Tuesday, 24 new cases were reported out of 904 tests conducted.
18 patients recovered.
This took the case count to 30,350 and recoveries to 29,472.
Now, 137 patients are under treatment in district.
Akola: Eleven new cases were reported from 1,421 tests conducted in Akola district.
A 50-year-old woman died during treatment, which took the toll to 1,130.Now, out of 57,648 cases reported in Akola till date, 56,292 have recovered and 226 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: The marginal increase in new cases during last week is gradually being offset by a decline in Buldhana.
On Tuesday, 23 new cases were reported out of 2,594 tests, 20 patients recovered and 1 death was recorded.
Now, the district has 86,993 total cases, including 86,164 recoveries and 664 deaths.
This leaves165 patients under treatment.
Washim: Nine new cases, 20 recoveries and a death was reported in Washim district.
Now, the district has 41,506 total cases, including 40,758 recoveries and 621 deaths.
126 patients are under treatment.