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Second wave continues to recede: Just three Vid districts report 100+ new Covid-19 cases

Nagpur: The number of Covid-19 positive patients is reducing constantly in Vidarbha.
On Sunday, only 1,021 new cases were reported in the region.
Only Amravati (299), Nagpur (196) and Akola (151) reported a three-figure increase in cases.
All other districts reported less than 100 cases, with six districts — Yavatmal (46), Gadchiroli (44), Bhandara (34), Buldhana (34), Wardha (27) and Gondia (17) – each reported less than 50 new cases.
On the other hand, the number of patients who recovered from Covid-19 was once again more than double of the new cases.
On Sunday, 2,802 patients recovered in the region.
Out of 10,88,765 total patients till date, 10,50,745 have recovered.
Vidarbha’s recovery rate is 96.5% which is better than the state (95%) and national (94%) average.
Number of deaths reduced further to 26 in Vidarbha on Sunday.
Out of them, Nagpur accounted for 10.
Wardha, Gondia, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Washim reported only 1 death each.
Gadchiroli and Chandrapur reported 2 each, while Amravati reported six deaths.
Now, only 16,678 patients are under treatment in the region, which is about 1.5% of the total cases reported till date.
Majority of these patients are recovering in home isolation.
This means hospital beds, especially the oxygen beds, are vacant in many districts.
The only cause of concern for Vidarbha is the slow pace of reduction in cases and deaths in Akola and Amravati.
This part of the region is believed to have been the origin of the second wave in Maharashtra.
Bhandara: Just 34 out of 1,075 tests done in last 24 hours were found positive, implying a test positivity rate of less than 3.5%.
No death was reported for the second day in a row, while 31 patients recovered.
Now, Bhandara has a total of 59,198 cases, 57,323 recoveries, 1,055 deaths and 820 patients under treatment.
Gondia: Out of 1,443 tests done in last 24 hours, only 17 were found positive — a test positivity of less than 2%.
While 31 patients recovered, one death was also reported in the district.
This took the caseload to 40,942, including 39,909 recoveries and 693 deaths.
Currently, 340 patients are under treatment.
Washim: There were 88 positive reports out of the 1,877 tests done in last 24 hours, while 207 patients recovered.
One death was also reported.
Now, the district has 40,616 cases, 39,040 recoveries, 591 deaths and 984 patients under treatment.
Gadchiroli: With 44 new cases, 104 recoveries and 2 deaths reported on Sunday, only 493 patients are now under treatment.
The district has 29,640 total cases, 28,420 of them have recovered and death toll is 727.
Buldhana: On Sunday, 3,633 tests were conducted and only 34 of them were positive.
This is the lowest test positivity rate reported by Buldhana ever.
Total cases are now 85,522 and 969 patients are under treatment.
For the first time, the number of under-treatment patients went below 1,000 in Buldhana after February.
Akola: The district reported 151 new cases of Covid-19 on June 6.
On the other hand, 410 patients recovered.
A 55-year-old man from Jitapur village in Akot died, taking the district’s death toll to 1,102.
Now, 2,776 patients are under treatment.
Amravati: A spike of 299 cases and six deaths on Sunday reaffirmed the steadiness of Covid scenario in the district, which starts enjoying further relaxations in restrictions, imposed under break the chain, from Monday.
While the caseload reached 94,081, the toll climbed to 1,501.
Even though recoveries were only 459, it took the rate further up to 94.77% as the number of total recoveries went up to 89,160.
This left 3,420 patients under treatment.
Yavatmal: The district witnessed death of a 32-year-old man from Darwha on Sunday due to Covid.
With this, the Covid toll has gone up to 1,782.
Of the 3,648 test reports received in the day, 46 (35 men and 11 women) were found positive.
Currently 817 patients — 359 in hospitals and 458 in home quarantine — are under treatment.
Of the total 72,392 patients detected so far, 69,796 including 74 on Sunday have recovered.
The district’s test positivity rate is 11.17% and death rate is 2.46%.
The daily positivity rate is at 1.26%.
From Monday, all establishments would function as normal, informed collector Amol Yedge.
He has appealed to the people to remain alert and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour.
Anyone found without mask will be fined Rs500.
Public as well as private transportation will also be allowed to operate.
Chandrapur: There were 85 detections and 218 recoveries reported on Sunday.
This is for the first time since the onset of second wave that the positive figure has declined below 100 for a day.
There are now 1,574 patients under treatment.
Two deaths were reported during the day taking the toll to 1,479.
Covid caseload has reached 83,586, while total recoveries to 80,533.
Wardha: An 80-year-old man died due to coronavirus during treatment on Sunday, taking the toll to 1,302.
With 27 new patients being detected, the caseload has reached 48,811.
After 127 were discharged on Sunday, total recoveries have gone up to 46,564.
At present, 945 patients are under treatment.
On Sunday, 2,039 test reports were received while new patients were reported from Arvi 7, Hinganghat 5, Wardha 4, Samudrapur 3, Ashti, Selu and other district 2 each) and 1 each from Deoli and Karanja.

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