Nagpur: The number of Covid-19 deaths has crossed 1,000 in just 16 days of April. It is the second time in 13-month pandemic that fatalities have crossed 1,000 in a month, the last time being September last year.
The district also saw 75 Covid dying in the district on Friday, which is the highest in a day in the entire pandemic. Of these, 37 were residents of the city. Nagpur Rural registered 31 deaths, which was the highest-ever in a day for it, the previous highest being 30, a day ago.
The previous high for deaths in the district was 74, on Thursday.
Excluding one day (April 3, 47 deaths) all days in April have registered over 50 fatalities. Deaths were above 70 on three days: 73 on April 8, 74 on April 15, and 75 on April 16.
The district is witnessing second wave since third week of February. There were 177 deaths in February and started to rise in March (763). High number of fatalities are being recorded since beginning of April. Total number of fatalities in 16 days of April is 1,011.
Till now, highest number of deaths were registered in September last year (1,465), which was the peak of the first wave. If deaths continue at the current rate, April will have the highest fatalities in the pandemic.
Cumulative deaths surged to 6,109 in the district, placing the district fourth among 35 districts in the state to cross 6,000 fatalities.
The case fatality rate (CFR) is low at 1.22% in April due to high number of cases. April has recorded 83,005 cases in 16 days, which is more than all the monthly totals in past 13 months.
Highest CFR was 3.8% in August last year, with high number of deaths and fewer cases. There had been 919 deaths as against 24,163 cases.
The district on Friday also registered highest-ever single day recoveries of 5,894. Previous high was 4,634 a day ago.
Also, active cases (64,335) on Friday were the highest in a day in the pandemic. Previous high was 64,110 a day ago. Shortage of beds is likely to increase further due to consistent rise in active cases.