NAGPUR: Covid deaths are on the rise. On Saturday, 79 succumbed to the virus, highest-ever in a day, 13 months since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Among the 79 deceased, 40 were residents of the city. Nagpur rural recorded 33 deaths, its highest-ever in a day. The remaining six victims were residents of other districts who tested positive and died while undergoing treatment in hospitals situated in the district.
Since the last three days, the district has been witnessing a record number of deaths. The number of deaths in a day were 73 on April 8 followed by 74 (April 15), 75 (April 16) and 79 (April 17).
The total number of deaths surged to 1,090 in 17 days of April. The number is more than that registered in all the months of the pandemic excluding September last year (1,465). The number of deaths have increased to 6,188.
The district registered 6,956 positive cases on Saturday which was the second-highest in a day after 7,210 recorded on April 11.
The district recorded 89,961 cases in 17 days of April which is more than that registered in all the last 13 months. The district’s tally swelled to 3,15,999.
The case fatality rate (CFR) in the second wave continued to be low compared to the first one. The CFR of April is 1.21% due to the high number of cases. The highest CFR was 3.8% in August last year due to a high number of deaths and less cases. While fatalities were 919, cases amounted to 24,163.
On Saturday, 29,053 tests were conducted, the second-highest in a day after 29,122 on April 13.
Active cases were 66,208 on Saturday which was highest-ever in a day. The previous highest was 64,335 a day ago.