Covid wave receding in Nagpur, but slower than in Mum, Thane

Nagpur: Second wave of Covid-19 has continued to recede in the district but the pace of decrease in positive cases here is less compared with Mumbai, Thane and Nashik districts.
Nagpur registered 2,532 positive cases on Wednesday, which were slightly higher that that recorded a day ago (2,243). The cases in rural increased from 866 on Tuesday to 1,200 on Wednesday. The cases in city continued to drop. Cases were 1,363 in the city on Tuesday and declined to 1,319 on Wednesday.
The number of cases on Wednesday was almost equal to number on Monday (2,530). It was 3,104 on Sunday. The district had registered 7,496 cases on April 29. Since then, the number is declining. Active cases depend upon recoveries as against new cases. Since new cases are going down, recoveries are relatively high due to steep hike in cases in April.
They have been higher than new cases for last 13 days. 81,009 patients recovered in the district in 12 days of May while there were 48,593 new cases.
As per data from state’s public health department, active cases began declining in major districts from April 21. Active cases were 80,155 and dropped 33.85% to 53,020 by May 11 in the district. Other major districts did better.
Active cases in Thane were 78,473 on April 21 and dropped 59.93% to 31,446 on May 11. In Mumbai the active cases dropped 51.87% from 83,450 to 40,162 in same period. In Nashik, the drop was 42.04% from 46,253 to 26,806.
Pace of Pune district was slower than Nagpur’s. As against 1,21,284 active cases on April 21, Pune had 95,731 on May 11 or a decrease of 21.07%. With reduction in active cases, number of vacant beds have increased in Covid hospitals.
The district’s recovery rate also surged to 88.7% on Wednesday and is now higher than average of state’s 88% and India’s 83%. After peak of first wave in August and September last year, recovery rate of the district was less than that of state and country.
Tests increased in the district on Wednesday to 17,161 from 14,464 on Tuesday and 15,310 on Monday.
On May 2, the district recorded 112 Covid deaths. Since then, they declined till May 10 to 51. The district is witnessing slight rise in deaths since. Fatalities were 65 on Tuesday and and 67 on Wednesday.