Six Covid-19 deaths in Vidarbha, all positive after death test
Nagpur Updates: The death toll due to coronavirus in Vidarbha has risen to six with two women who died in Amravati on April 20 testing positive for Covid-19 on April 22. Which include three from Amravati and one from Buldhana, Nagpur, and Akola respectively.
Such six deaths are related to a number of things. None of the deceased had a proven history of travel. All died as victims of Covid-19, and were screened after death as a confirmed positive case. All the diseases suffered from comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, kidney disorders, or TB. All were over 40 years old and died before test reports arrived from their swab samples.
In other words, they died as victims of Covid-19 and not as patients who had been confirmed. None of them were moved to isolation. This also means that no Covid-19 patient has died in isolation wards to date in the area while being treated. The only exception to this is a 30-year-old youth who committed suicide in the isolation ward of Akola after finding out that Covid-19 had been identified positively. Yet, he committed suicide, and Covid-19 had not died.
Five out of six deaths occur in the division of Amravati. “There are three deaths in Amravati, and one in Akola and Buldhana each. Most of them were previously handled in private hospitals, “said Dr. Riyaz Faruqui, Amravati division’s deputy director (health services).
“Our attention is on tracing the deceased’s high-risk interactions and the earliest possible identification of healthy patients. Moving them to isolation wards will not only help break the corona chain but will also ensure that their condition stays stable and there are more chances of recovery, “he added.
Currently, Vidarbha has 125 active cases Covid-19. No Covid-19 patient has ever died having been admitted for treatment in an isolation ward. About 70% of active cases in Vidarbha are asymptomatic and have every chance to recover, officials say.
COVID-19 Vidarbha killings
1. BULDHANA School teacher (45) Diabetes and hypertension patient died of pneumonia on 28 March at Buldhana Govt Hospital was admitted to private hospital for three days
2. AMRAVATI Motor rewinding technician hypertension patient died of viral pneumonia on April 2 at the Covid-19 hospital in Amravati checked +ve on April 4 was admitted to a private local hospital for two days
3. NAGPUR Real estate agent (68) TB patient died of pneumonia on April 5 at IGGMCH Covid-19 ward tested + ve on April 6 was admitted to IGGMCH as his daily clinic was closed due to lockdown
4. AKOLA Businessman (45) uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension patient died of respiratory disease at the govt hospital on April 13 tested +ve on April 15 was admitted directly to the government hospital as he was a resident of the locality from which positive patients had already been registered
5. Amravati Woman (60) already sealed resident of Hyderpura hypertension patient died in a private hospital on April 20 post-death tests checked +ve on April 22
6. Amravati Woman (70) resident of the sealed Kamela Field patient of sugar and BP died at home on April 20 due to old age samples were taken after death tested on April 22 Akola One person committed suicide in the isolation ward on April 11 Covid-19 was tested on April 10 positive.
