NAGPUR: Covid cases shot up to 90 on Wednesday in Vidarbha, taking the month’s tally past 500. While cases were still under single digits in nine districts, the fresh surge was mainly because of spurt in Nagpur and Wardha districts. The cases had declined for the last two days but the region recorded nearly three times more infections on Wednesday.
Nagpur reported 50 cases with active cases crossing the 250-mark. This also pushed Vidarbha’s active case tally just three short of the 400-mark. Equal number of cases were reported from both city and rural parts of Nagpur district. The new infections were detected from over 2,000 tests while bulk of it was done in city limits. Following detection of BA.5 variant among two samples, officials believe the increase in daily cases is due to new variants in circulation. This is likely to compel administration to increase the testing in city areas.
