Nagpur: A 56-year-old woman from Mominpura died at Mayo Hospital on Sunday and her samples tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday taking death toll from this locality to two and total positive cases to 201. This area had registered 27 cases in initial 26 days and whopping 174 in last 19 days despite being notified as containment zone for a total of 45 days as on Monday.
Five more persons from Mominpura tested positive on Monday. Total 15 persons in city tested positive with remaining nine coming from Gaddigodam. They are family members and close contacts of a 65-year-old person who died on May 16. District’s tally increased to 373 of which Mominpura accounts for 53.88% cases.
City’s first hotspot—Satranjipura— is now halted at 121. These two areas account for 86.32% cases.
The woman from Mominpura is fourth among seven deceased who tested positive after death after one each from Satranjipura, Parvati Nagar and Tulsi Nagar. Remaining three from Mominpura, Pandhrabodi and Gaddigodam died at isolation wards.
IGGMCH deputy medical superintendent Dr Sagar Pande and NMC zonal medical officer Dr Khwaja Moinuddin told TOI, “The woman was a kidney patient on dialysis and also had diabetes. She was admitted in medicine ward at 5.30pm and died at MICU in night on Sunday. Her swab samples came positive on Monday,” they said. Three doctors and two staff of medicine wards who treated her have now been quarantined and being tested.
She was a resident of Bhagwagar chowk, Hansapuri, in Mominpura containment zone. NMC had arranged for funeral and only two sons of deceased attended.
A cap seller from Takia Deewanshah was first from Mominpura to test positive on April 4. This case came to fore as he was digital footprint of Nizamuddin. Later, seven TJs of Jabalpur, son of cap seller’s landlord and two caretakers of TJs tested positive. Thirteen more family members of one of two caretakers, resident of Choodi Gully, tested positive. His father died at isolation ward on April 29.
The same day, a woman (28) of Dobi Nagar, admitted with labour, tested positive and delivered a baby.
Over 10 pregnant women from this area tested positive including a few from special camp. One SRPF personnel and two policemen who walked into special camp and gave samples also came positive. They were on duty in containment zone.
Eleven inmates and one caretaker of NMC night shelter situated at Hansapuri also contracted Covid-19.