At 54, Nagpur sees lowest daily tally of Covid cases in 321 days

NAGPUR: The number of Covid-19 cases dropped to 54 in the city on Monday, which was lowest in a day after 321 days. Also, weekly test positivity rate (TPR) of the district declined to 2.07% in the same period, but the case fatality rate (CFR) swelled to 4.57%, which is highest in a week in the 14-month-long pandemic.
As per the data released by civil surgeon (CS), 134 patients of novel coronavirus infection were found in the district on Monday — 54 from city, 77 in rural areas and three from other districts.
Earlier, less than 54 cases were reported in the city on July 20, 2020. The number was 16.
Previously, less than 100 cases were reported in the city on only three days after August 1, when the CS started to give split data of cases in the district. The district had faced peak of the first wave from the third week of August and entire September month.
The days on which less than 100 cases were reported from August 1 onwards include 99 on January 25 this year, 90 on November 16 and 58 on November 15, 2020. The cases dipped on the two days of November due to less testing on the eve of Diwali.
Weekly TPR of the first week of June has declined to 2.07%. The number of tests conducted was 79,132 and cases detected 1,640. In the last week of May, weekly TPR had dropped to 4.15%.
The district had registered 75 fatalities in the first week of June. But the CFR increased from 3.19% in the last week of May to 4.57% in the first week of June. It is highest-ever weekly CFR during the pandemic. The CFR increased as less number of cases were detected.
The number of tests conducted was 79,132 in June first week. The number of tests was always over 1 lakh in all weeks in April and May. Total tests conducted in the last week of May was 1,10,918.