Nagpur Rural figure goes past 100 cases, over 90% travellers, contacts

Nagpur: The number of Covid-19 positive cases from Nagpur Rural increased to over 100 on Monday. Though it took 97 days, the cases increased in Nagpur Rural only after permission for inter-district and inter-state travel was granted by the central and state governments.
The number of cases from the district increased to 1,063 on Monday. Of these, 928 cases are from Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) limits, 102 from Nagpur Rural and 33 from other districts and states. Nagpur Rural accounts for only 9.59% of total district cases.
There were only two cases in Nagpur Rural till end of April, one from Kamptee and other from Kanhan. Both were travellers and identified from digital footprint of Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
On May 18, a family from Kondhali in Katol tehsil returned from the city to their hometown. One of the members tested positive on May 20. Since then, the cases have increased to 28 till end of May.
In last 15 days, 74 persons tested positive in Nagpur Rural, with the maximum cases being travellers and their contacts.
Among 13 tehsils, highest 40 cases are from Hingna, adjoining the city. It happened due to a big chain of 25 corona positive persons detected from Isasani and Nildoh. The original case was a Jalgaon returnee.
Second big chain of 11 is from Digdoh, also on city’s outskirts. The first patient had returned from Bhusawal, and is the only death from Nagpur Rural so far. Remaining four cases from Hingna tehsil are from Wagdara (3) and Wanadongri (1).
Kalmeshwar tehsil has second highest cases at 14 followed by Kamptee — 12. SRPF Camp and Colony situated on city’s outskirts registered 10 cases. It also falls in Hingna tehsil but is being counted separately as all personnel who tested positive were on duty in containment zones of city or other districts.
Katol tehsil has registered eight cases followed by six each in Saoner and Nagpur tehsils, five in Narkhed tehsil and one in Parsheoni tehsil.
The district had registered its first case on March 11. Since then five tehsils — Ramtek, Umred, Bhivapur, Mauda and Kuhi have had no case.
Many of the cases were detected due to proactive measure of zilla parishad (ZP) and district administration. Testing of many travellers was done at households and in special camps.
With rise in cases, ZP has prepared its own team at tehsil places to collect swab samples and send them to laboratories in the city. Earlier, team from either IGGMCH or GMCH used to go and collect swab samples.
Nagpur Rural has very few restrictions in lockdown since the middle of May.
Collector Ravindra Thakre, ZP chief executive officer Yogesh Kumbhejkar, civil surgeon VD Paturkar, district health officer Dr Dipak Selokar and additional DHO Asim Inamdar had prepared a team and conducted door-to-door survey of all houses in Nagpur Rural. The drive was completed on June 2.