Big rise in Dharavi Covid count after 10 months

March 24, 2021 21:51

Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum, on Wednesday recorded 62 new coronavirus cases, a significant growth in daily cases after a gap of nearly 10 months, a civicofficial said.

On May 18 last year, Dharavi had reported 85 suchcases.

However, the infection count had started dropping gradually due to factors like lockdown, migration out of the slum and a number of steps taken by the administration, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.

"However, with the new virus strain and easing of restrictions on movement, the cases have witnessed a surge again," he said.

With this, the overall case count in Dharavi reached 4,531, he added.

"The BMC's aggressive campaign of rapid antigen testhas helped us detect more and more infection cases.

"We willcontinue the drive and also isolate the patients as soon aspossible to avoid further spread," the official said.

Mumbai city reported 5,185 COVID-19 cases, the BMC said, adding that its overall tally rose to 3,74,611.

A total of 2,088 people were discharged, which tookthe city's tally to 3,31,322, while six deaths pushed thefatality to 11,606, the civic body said. -- PTI

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