The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients in Marathwada has
currently reached 91.32 %, better than the state average of 89.2%. At 2.91%,
the mortality rate in the region is, however, marginally below the state-level mortality rate of 2.63%, official records show.
The total number of confirmed cases across eight districts
of Marathwada has reached 1,24,744 by Monday, including 1,13,921 recovered
patients. As many as 3,633 people have succumbed to Covid-19 in
Marathwada which currently has over 7,000 active cases and around 1,500 active cases in Aurangabad.
Dr. Santosh Ranjalkar, president of Aurangabad chapter
of Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said that the growing awareness
about early testing for Covid-19, as well as evolved treatment protocols, have
been reflecting in terms of increasing recovery rate.
He also said that “The doctors both from private and
state-run hospitals have been arriving at fix criteria for treating Covid-19
cases as per symptoms that vary from patient to patient. Different drug
combinations have been evolved with the help of central authorities to treat
Covid-19 patients as per complexity. These factors together with early testing
have reduced loss of lives due to Covid 19,”.
Aurangabad district leads with the highest 93.26% recovery rate
in Marathwada, followed by Parbhani (92.96%), Hingoli (92.48%), Nanded
(92.26%), Latur (92.31%), Osmanabad (91.13%), Beed (87.53%) and Jalna (84.06%).
Meanwhile, with the winter season around the corner, the
Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has appealed to citizens to take extra
precautions to keep Covid-19 at bay. “Even if Aurangabad is witnessing the low
transmission period of Covid-19, the upcoming winter season could produce
conducive conditions for the novel coronavirus to remain more active.
Every citizen must build his or her immunity by having a healthy diet and follow
general Covid-19 prevention rules i.e wearing masks, using sanitizers and
maintaining social distancing as a precautionary measure,” AMC health officer
Neeta Padalkar said.
