Representative image NAGPUR: Similar to the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic, more men continued to be affected by the virus than women during the second wave. Though, the district has seen slight rise (2.4%) in infection cases among women during the second wave. In the first wave between March 11, 2020 and February 28, 2021, 1,49,720 persons had contracted novel coronavirus infection in the district. The district has started to witness second wave from the third week of February, but cases started spiralling up from the beginning of March and surged in April. Total cases detected were at 2,58,107 in the last two months of the second wave.