After 131 days, no Covid fatalities in Nagpur city or district

Nagpur: After 131 days, and for the first time after second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, there were no Covid deaths in the city as well as rural parts of the district on Friday. The district registered only one fatality after 330 days, and the deceased was a resident of Yavatmal, who tested positive and succumbed to the disease in a private hospital in the city.
Before this, there were zero deaths in the city and rural on February 7, which was before the beginning of second wave. The district started to witness second wave from third week of February. Since February 8, deaths were never zero in city and rural. The district went on to record maximum 113 fatalities on April 19.
The district had faced peak of second wave in April. After decline in cases from beginning of May, rural areas started to record zero deaths from June 5. There were zero deaths in rural on ten of the last 14 days, including last consecutive six days. On remaining six days, fatalities ranged from one to three.
The cases have plummeted since the beginning of May. Active cases in the district dropped to 1,102 on Friday. On February 7, there were 3,228 active cases in the district.
In the district, one death was last reported on July 22, 2020, which was before peak of first wave. The district had witnessed peak of first wave in last two weeks of August and entire September. This single death figure was recorded in the district after 330 days.
NMC said in a press release, “Covid-19 could be controlled due to joint and various efforts of healthcare workers of NMC, government and private hospitals, restrictions imposed by the government, contribution of employees of NMC and district administration, necessary help from public representatives, and special efforts taken to increase number of beds, quantum of oxygen and medicines.”
Cumulative deaths have increased to 9,016 in the district on Friday. The district is fourth among 35 in the state after Mumbai, Pune and Thane to register over 9,000 deaths.
Of total 9,016 deaths, 5,292 deceased were residents of the city, 2,305 were from rural and 1,419 were from other districts who had tested positive and succumbed to the disease in hospitals situated in the district.
Case fatality rate (CFR) of the district was 1.89%, which was lower than state’s 1.96% and India’s 1.29% on Friday. There were 4,76,706 total positive cases.