Dharavi slums report 14 new Covid cases

October 29, 2020 16:43

The Covid-19 tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi increased to 3,536 with the addition of 14 new cases on Thursday, according to a senior BMC official. He said 3,088 Covid-19 patients in Dharavi have already recovered and discharged from hospitals. The official said the slum-dominated area has only 139 active coronavirus cases at present. The civic body has stopped sharing death figures from the densely populated locality. Spread across 2.5 square kilometres, Dharavi has a population of more than 6.5 lakh. -- PTI

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