As many as 21 more persons test positive for coronavirus in Mumbai’s Dharavi on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 241 in Asia’s largest slum where there have been as many as 14 Covid-19 deaths so far.
A day after six infected cases and one death were reported from Dharavi, the authorities recorded 21 infected more cases on Saturday, resulting in the total Covid-19 tally in this densely populated slum to 241.
The new infected cases were reported from the areas of Koliwada, Mukund Nagar, M 60 feet road, Shanti Shivan housing society, Kanchi Karve Nagar, Indira Nagar, Kalpataru housing society, Kalyanwadi, Social Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar and Matunga Labour camp.
Among those who tested positive were ten women and 11 men. There are two teenage girls among the infected. Those infected were in the age group of 13 to 66 years.
What has caused anxiety among the city health authorities is that infected cases have been reported from most parts of Dharavi, which is spread over 240 hectare area Dharavi, which is home to 4 lakh people, is one of the Covid-19 hotspots in Mumbai.
Ever since first few cases of Covid-19 were reported in the early first week of April, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is closely monitoring the situation in Dharavi where the health authorities have clamped a total lockdown.