No new Covid case in 7 districts of Maharashtra despite increase in testing

NAGPUR: Once again, there were more districts without fresh Covid cases than with, like the trend seen before Diwali. On Friday, seven districts didn’t report any new case from over 3,000 tests.
Testing has increased in the last couple of days but cases seem to be staying on the lower side. After a gap of 16 days, there were less than 10 new cases in the region.Recoveries (12) surpassed the number of new cases. November’s Covid-19 case tally is now one short of 300, while recoveries rose to 272.

In Nagpur, four new cases were reported from the city and as many from outside the district. The district now has 51 active cases, of which 50 are in institutional quarantine.
Chandrapur: Three recoveries as against a solitary detection on Friday pulled down the number of Covid patients in the district to 10. There was no casualty reported in the day. Total 1,411 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours.
As on date, total 7,59,477 samples have been tested in the district, out of which 6,69,203 have been found negative. The Covid caseload stands at 88,846, while total recoveries are 87,293. Death toll is 1,543.
Wardha: The district did not report any new Covid case, recovery or death on Friday, thus keeping the caseload, recoveries, toll and number of patients under treatment unchanged at 49,426, 48,088, 1,326 and 8, respectively.
Yavatmal: No Covid casualty or detection of new patient in the last 24 hours kept the toll unchanged at 1,787. Currently, there are 5 patients under treatment. The administration received 264 test reports on Friday. Of the total 72,927 patients detected so far, 71,135 have recovered.
Of the 7,64,405 swab samples tested so far, 6,91,446 were found negative. The daily positivity rate of the district is zero.
Amravati: One new Covid case and one recovery took the district’s caseload to 96,178 and recoveries to 94,566 on Friday. With no Covid death reported in the day, the number of under-treatment patients remained at 12.
Washim: The district did not report any new case or recovered patient on Friday. The tally of active cases is at four. No new cases were detected from 288 tests in the day, and no Covid death took place.
Gondia: The district is Covid free, though it performed 143 tests.
Bhandara: The district did not report any new Covid case or recovery. This leaves two patients under treatment. Bhandara conducted 217 tests on Friday.
Akola: No new case or recovery were reported in Akola. Four patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: The district did not record any new case. No patient recovered either. There currently are five patients under treatment.
Buldhana: There was no new Covid case, but one patient recovered. This leaves 13 active cases in the district.