Only 2 cases in city, TPR 0.03%

Nagpur: The city registered two Covid positive cases on Saturday. It was the lowest in a day after 413 days. For the 8th consecutive day, there were no deaths in Nagpur district. The two who tested positive are a 4-year-old girl from Parvati Nagar and a 27-year-old woman from Mohan Nagar.
As per Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) data, 5,647 were tested. The city’s test positivity rate (TPR) was 0.03%, probably the lowest-ever in the pandemic.
The last occasion when only two tested positive was June 6 last year. Then, 55 were tested and the TPR was 3.64%.
In Nagpur rural, six positives emerged from 1,153 tests (TPR 0.52%). This is more than what was being registered for the last one week — 1 or 2.
One person from outside Nagpur district also tested positive in city.
Among 27 municipal corporations in the state, the city was on No. 8 with the least cases on Saturday. While Parbhani had none, Chandrapur, Akola, Amravati, Malegaon and Nanded had 1 each, and Bhiwandi and Nizampur 2 each.
Chief medical officer of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation Dr Sanjay Chilkar told TOI that cases going down doesn’t mean that “the pandemic is over”. “That will be when no cases are recorded for 28 consecutive days. NMC has continued contact tracing and maintaining tests over 5,000 per day which is playing a crucial role in keeping cases low,” he said.
For the eighth consecutive day on Saturday there were no deaths in the district.