Nagpur: The 11 districts in Vidarbha region together reported 99 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday.
Though a major reason for this was the decline in number of daily tests to 13,805 due to Sunday lull, the test positivity rate — under 1% — continued to bring cheer to the region.
Less than 100 cases were reported for the first time post the onset of second wave.
Fewer than these many cases in a day were reported only in the month of June 2020.
This indicates that Vidarbha region’s Covid-19 conditions have eased considerably, a big relief for the citizens.
Seven out of 11 districts reported less than 10 new cases, including only 1 new case in Bhandara and Wardha.
The three districts reporting new cases in double digits were Amravati (28), Nagpur (24) and Buldhana (13), which shows that the wave is receding in the region.
As cases are going down, recovery count is also down, but still three times as much as the day’s new cases.
319 patients recovered on Monday.
Now, 10,73,396 patients out of the 10,95,872 so far have recovered — a recovery rate of 98%, which is better than the state and national average.
Number of under-treatment patients declined further to 2,304.
Now, no district in Vidarbha has more than 500 patients under treatment.
Gondia, Yavatmal, Bhandara and Wardha have barely 50 patients each under treatment.
Six deaths were reported on Sunday, with two of them added into Bhandara’s count after reconciliation.
Nagpur district reported no death for the second day, Wardha for sixth day, and Yavatmal for 12th day in a row.
Overall, the death toll is under control, which is another indicator that the Covid-19 conditions have now improved.
Bhandara: Only 1 new case out of 126 tests done in last 24 hours was reported in Bhandara.
Two deaths from Lakhandur tehsil that had happened last week and gone unreported were added into the toll, which took it to 1,128.
Now, Bhandara has 52 patients under treatment.
Gondia: The district conducted 1,367 tests in last 24 hours and 4 of them tested positive.
Seven patients recovered on Monday and no death was reported.
Now, the district has 41,120 total cases, 40,376 recoveries and 699 deaths.
Only 45 patients are under treatment, and 27 of them are in home isolation.
Gadchiroli: Eight out of 271 tests conducted in last 24 hours were found positive in Gadchiroli.
While 16 patients recovered and no death was reported, now the district has 29,314 patients recovered out of 30,220 cases reported till date.
166 patients are still under treatment in Gadchiroli.
Buldhana: The district conducted 992 tests in last 24 hours and 13 of them were positive, taking the caseload of Buldhana to 86,612.
With 24 recoveries in last 24 hours, 85,841 patients have recovered from Covid-19 in the district.
One death was reported on Monday, which took the toll to 661.
Now, 110 patients are under treatment.
Akola: Only 3 new patients were reported in Akola, which hardly happened even in the first wave.
The district conducted 545 tests in last 24 hours.
13 patients recovered and no death was reported from the district.
Now, Akola has 57,571 cases, 56,033 recoveries and 412 patients under treatment.
Washim: Eight new cases and 38 recoveries marked Monday in Washim district.
A death was also reported due to Covid-19, which took the district death toll to 618.
Now, 237 patients are under treatment in Washim.
Amravati: Two covid deaths and a spike of 28 cases took the district’s toll to 1,552 and caseload to 95,911 respectively on Monday.
With 70 getting discharged from the hospital today, the recoveries reached 93,902 for a rate of 97.91.
This left 457 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: No Covid death was reported on the 12th consecutive day in the district, as a result toll remained at 1,789.
The administration has received 405 reports of which only two were found positive.
Currently there are 51 active positive patients undergoing treatment in the hospitals.
Of the 72,717 positive patients, 70,880 including three on Monday have recovered.
The test positivity rate is 10.75% and death rate is 2.46%.
The daily positivity rate has fallen at 0.49 %.
Wardha: The active positive cases of district decreased to 50 after 17 discharged on Monday.
Only one tested positive for coronavirus out of 324 test reports while caseload is now 49,204 and recoveries are 47,833.
No death was reported while toll stand at 1,321.
Chandrapur: Monday turned out to be yet another zero Covid casualty day.
There were just seven new detections and 65 recoveries were recorded during the day.
The toll remains stable at 1,527, while figure of active patients under treatment has dropped to 328.
Covid caseload has climbed to 84,651, while total recoveries rose to 82,796.