At 82%, Nagpur's recovery rate one of the best in country

Tue May 26 12:05:57 IST 2020

Nagpur: Due to the aggressive containment and quarantine activities in city, detection of Covid-19 positive patients is happening at an early stage and most of them are recovering from the disease too.

Till Monday, 351 patients out of 428 total cases in city have recovered and discharged from hospitals. The recovery rate comes up to 82%, which is one of the best in the country.

The 11 districts of Vidarbha too has an excellent recovery rate. Out of the total 1300 cases registered till Monday, 810 have recovered — a recovery rate of around 62%. Entire Maharashtra’s recovery rate is 30% while the national recovery rate is 42%.

In a way, Vidarbha low percentage is contributing in helping Maharashtra improve its recovery rate. Pro-active containment, effective treatment in hospitals, changed discharge strategy are some reasons behind improved the recovery rate.

Even Akola, the worst-hit district of Vidarbha region, has registered 62% recovery rate. Yavatmal’s recovery rate is highest in Vidarbha at 87%.

Amravati is the only district in Vidarbha having more than 100 cases and recovery rate less than 50% (45%). All other districts in Vidarbha have less number of cases and many patients are recovering.

Districts like Gondia, Bhandara, Wardha, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur were not having more cases of Covid-19 till May 20. Some of these districts reported a surge in cases after May 20 and many of them are on the road to recovery.

The recent positive patients are mostly returnees from Mumbai, Pune, Malegaon and other red zones. They were mandatorily checked and many of them were found positive. But, they had less viral load and mild to very mild symptoms.

Most of the returnees are young, physically fit and below 45 years of age and have all chances to recover. They are yet to complete their 10-day hospitalization and monitoring of symptoms is on. By next week, most of these patients are likely to recover.

Buldhana has 44 cases and 26 have already recovered. The recent patient discharged was a five-year-old girl from rural Buldhana.

The highest recovery rate in the districts having more than 100 cases is in Yavatmal. Here, 98 out of 113 confirmed positive cases have recovered and discharged.

These cases in Yavatmal include an elderly patient who was on ventilator support for more than 10 days and tested Covid-19 positive repeatedly five times. Apart from the best recovery rate, Yavatmal has not reported a single death due to Covid-19 till date.

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