It's good news for the financial capital of the country as it recorded fall in the number of new coronavirus infections on Friday. This continued the trend on Thursday that had seen fall in the number of new patients. Mumbai and Maharashtra have been severely hit by covid-19 infections and deaths.
The number of coronavirus cases in Dharavi jumped to 86 after as many as 26 people tested positive for the infection on Thursday in the slum area of Mumbai, a civic official said.
The number of coronavirus cases in Dharavi reached 71 after 11 more people tested positive for the disease in the slum area of Mumbai on Thursday, a civic official said.
Six new coronavirus cases, including two deaths, were reported from Dharavi on Tuesday, taking the total number of people affected by the disease in Mumbai's slum area to 55, a civic official said.
The total number of coronavirus positive cases has reached 43 in Dharavi after 15 new cases were reported from the area, considered to be Asia's largest slum which is home to about seven to eight lakh residents.
Number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai's Dharavi slums rose on Friday as fresh infections were detected. On Friday, 6 new COVID-19 infections came to light. These cases are other than 5 found on Thursday in Mukund Nagar camp. Detection of fresh cases has brought positive cases in Dharavi to 28.
Five fresh cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Mumbai's slum Dharavi, out of which two people had attended Tablighi Jamaat held at west Delhi's Nizamuddin area, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.
At least 7.5 lakh residents in Mumbai's slum town Dharavi will undergo tests for coronavirus in the next 10-12 days
Two new coronavirus positive cases were also found in Dadar in central Mumbai, including a 69-year-old man. While the man is admitted to Kasturba Hospital, his five close contacts have been quarantined.
Two more coronavirus cases have been reported from Mumbai's Dharavi district as the father and brother of the 2nd confirmed COVID-19 infected in the area also tested positive.
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The police investigation further reveals that 10 Tablighi Jamaat members stayed in one of deceased's vacant houses in Dharavi between March 22 anf March 24. Also, Of them, four members visited him before heading for Kerala on March 27.
A doctor in Mumbai's Dharavi tested positive for coronavirus. This is the third COVID-19 positive case from Dharavi in last couple of days.
Maharashtra has so far notched 17 COVID-19 deaths, comprising patients from Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Pune, and Buldhana. In the wake of the Tablighi Jamaat scare, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday urged that all types of religious or social gatherings should be avoided to avoid a Delhi-like situation in Maharashtra.
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