Three cases in Nagpur district lowest in 429 days; no death for 9th day

NAGPUR: The number of Covid-19 positive cases has plummeted to three in the district on Sunday. This is the lowest figure for a day, seen after a gap of 429 days. The district also registered zero deaths for the ninth consecutive day.
As per the data released by the district civil surgeon, three persons have tested positive from 7,351 tests. This leads to a test positivity rate (TPR) of 0.04%. The city has recorded two cases for the second consecutive day. The remaining case was from rural areas.
The TPR of the city was 0.03% as two tested positive from 6,169 tests. In rural areas, one tested positive from 1,182 tests for TPR of 0.08%.
Before this, three persons had tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on May 22, 2020. At that time the cumulative cases were 410. This was well before the peak of the first wave.
The figure of three cases has now been seen after completion of second wave. Cumulative cases as on Sunday were 4,92,816.
Among the 35 districts in the state, Nagpur district stands at 7th place as far as number of cases is concerned, on Sunday. Nandurbar, Wardha and Bhandara districts had zero cases followed by two each in Gondia and Jalna districts. Along with Nagpur district, Dhule and Parbhani district also have three cases each.
The total cases in 25 days of July are at 459 in the district. Cases have been in single digits for the last seven days.
There were zero deaths in the district on Sunday, which was the ninth consecutive day for this tally. Total fatalities in July have been 15, with no deaths reported on 17 of the last 25 days. There have been 1-4 fatalities on the remaining eight days of the month.
On Sunday, 20 patients recovered from coronavirus, and this number was much more than the number of new cases in the district on Sunday. This leaves 227 active cases in the district as on date.