Covid-19 cases drop below 5k after 27 days in district

Nagpur: Covid-19 positive cases dropped below 5,000 on Monday in the district after 27 days. In a major development, number of tests increased by 1,549 on Monday as compared to Sunday yet cases went down.
There were 4,987 cases, of which 3,161 were from city, 1,814 from rural and 12 from other districts, on Monday. A day ago, there were 5,007 cases (city 2,724, rural 2,269 and other districts 14).
The decline in cases in last two days is significant. Daily average of cases in fourth week of April was 7,177. The district had recorded average of 6,058 cases per day in last month.
There were 3,758 cases on April 6, after which cases have been over 5,000 on all days. Highest number of cases were 7,999 on April 24.
Tests increased to 20,178 in the district on Monday from 18,629 on Sunday. Daily average number of tests was 23,105 in fourth week of April and 21,721 per day in entire last month.
Deaths also declined in the district on Monday with 76 patients dying. The fatalities were below 80 in the district after 16 days. The last such day was April 17, when 79 deaths were recorded. Since then, the fatalities have been above 80 on all days, with the highest 113 on April 19.
Another major development for the district is that recoveries are more than new cases for last four consecutive days. Recoveries were 6,601 as against 4,987 new cases on Monday.
On Sunday, there were 5,007 cases and 6,376 recoveries while 7,575 patients recovered on May 1 and there were 6,576 cases. On April 30, there were 6,461 cases and 7,294 recoveries.
The active cases also declined to 72,437 on Monday. It resulted in further increase in vacant beds in the district. As per data of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), 450 beds with oxygen supply and 38 in ICU were vacant in the district on Monday morning.