After 11 months no death in any category in distt Staff Reporter : Districts recovery rate at 97.92% surpasses national average Active caseload drops below 1000 mark after several weeks As far as COVID-19 is concerned the situation is improving in Nagpur district. On Sunday for the third day in a row no death was reported in Nagpur city as well as rural areas. Apart from scoring this hat-trick Sunday saw absolutely no death reported in district even in of person from outside district category. This particular development has come after almost 11 months. Besides as per the data released by the administration on Sunday only 39 tested positive out of 8857 tests conducted in city and rural areas both. The positivity rate for the district as a whole was only 0.44 per cent on Sunday. That for the city was even lower -- 0.36 per cent only. Interestingly with steady increase in recoveries every day the active caseload came down to 907 on Sunday. After several weeks the active caseload dropped to below 1000 mark. As far as recoveries are concerned Sunday saw 134 recoveries in district including 96 in city and 38 in rural areas. With these the cumulative total of recoveries in the district rose to 466837 including 326749 in Nagpur city and 140088 in rural areas. With steady improvement the districts recovery rate rose to 97.92 per cent which was higher than the national average of 96.27 per cent as on Sunday. The deaths due to COVID-19 are recorded in three categories -- Nagpur city Nagpur rural and person(s) from outside district. The category person(s) from outside district indicates active caseload in nearby districts or adjoining States. The patients from these areas are brought to Nagpur in case of complications. On most occasions the number of positive cases in this particular category matches the number of deaths in this category. Drop in number of cases or deaths in person(s) from outside district category indicates improvement in COVID-19 situation in nearby districts/areas. As per the data available the district had seen no COVID-19 death in any of these three categories on July 21 2020. However since July 21 2020 the district at least one death in any of these three categories. Later on as the first wave receded Nagpur city as well as rural areas recorded zero death on some or the other occasions. As the first wave receded Nagpur city recorded the first no death day on January 26 2021 since July 21 last year. The very next day Nagpur rural also recorded zero deaths. It was on February 7 2021 that Nagpur city and rural areas both reported no death but there were two deaths in of person(s) from outside district category. Then came the second wave of infections and everything went haywire. The situation deteriorated. But by the end of May situation started improving. The month of June has so far brought down positivity rate death rate as well as active caseload. At the same time recovery rate has increased steadily. On June 18 and June 19 again there was no death in Nagpur city as well as rural areas. However one death got reported in of person(s) from outside district category on both these dates. On Sunday came the truly positive development when the district as a whole reported no death in any of the three categories -- Nagpur city Nagpur rural and of person(s) from outside district.

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