Vid in Level-1 with positivity rate below 5% By Kartik Lokhande : Here is a good news for entire Vidarbha region. Finally all districts of Vidarbha are in Level-1 that is having weekly COVID-19 case positivity rate less than 5 per cent and occupancy of oxygen beds below 25 per cent. As far as Nagpur is concerned the districts weekly positivity rate continued with declining trend for third consecutive week. The improving performance has paved way for further easing of restrictions across Vidarbha. When the categorisation was announced on June 4 the Government had stated that it would review the district-wise situation every week on Friday based on the situation up to Thursday. In the first week -- from May 28 to June 3 -- only four out of 11 districts of Vidarbha qualified for Level-1. These four included Nagpur Chandrapur Gondia and Yavatmal. Gondia had the lowest case positivity rate in entire Maharashtra. Among other seven districts of Vidarbha only Buldhana had positivity rate above 10 per cent and six others had positivity rate between 5 per cent and 10 per cent. So they got little relaxations. In the second week from June 4 to June 10 however the situation improved. Barring Akola and Gadchiroli all other districts in Vidarbha region were in Level-1 with the most relaxations. Gondia and Chandrapur were the only districts in Maharashtra with weekly positivity rate below one per cent. In fact Gondia continued with the lowest positivity rate in the State. Nagpurs situation improved further with weekly case positivity rate dropping from 3.86 per cent to 3.13 per cent. Now in the third week -- from June 11 to June 17 -- situation had improved further and all 11 districts of Vidarbha have qualified for Level-1 and are eligible for maximum relaxations from June 21 (Monday). Compared to the previous week Nagpurs weekly positivity rate has dipped further to 1.25 per cent only. In fact as per the official data on Friday (June 18) the daily positivity rate of Nagpur district was only 0.16 per cent! This indicates continuous improvement in situation. Among Vidarbha districts Akola still had the highest positivity rate of 4.97 per cent slightly below the parameter of 5 per cent to qualify for relaxations in Level-1. However weekly positivity rate increased slightly in case of Buldhana Washim and Yavatmal districts compared to that last week. Despite the slight increase the positivity rate in these three districts stayed below 5 per cent. Hence they have continued to qualify for Level-1. On a brighter side Gondia continued to have the lowest positivity rate in entire Maharashtra for the third week in a row. Continuous improvement in the overall situation as per the parameters has provided a boost to economic activities across Vidarbha.

Stay updated with all the Latest Nagpur headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.