COVID-19 cases in Dharavi up by 12 to 180; most from 5 zones

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Mumbai, Apr 21 () The Dharavi slum sprawl in Mumbaion Tuesday reported 12 new COVID-19 cases with one death, asenior BMC official said.

With this, the total number of the coronavirus-afflicted people in the congested locality, believed to be theAsia's largest slum with the highest population density inMumbai, reached 180.

The number of the deceased has gone up to 12 with a62-year-old man succumbing to the coronavirus infectionearlier in the day, the official said.

The new cases, including three women patients, werefound in Mukund Nagar, Madina Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, andMuslim Nagar localities of Dharavi.

Meanwhile, the official said that about 62 per cent(113) of the total 180 cases were reported from five high riskzones of the slum sprawl.

He said 83 of the 113 cases were detected throughfever camps and community screening.

While the maximum 44 cases were reported fromKalyanwadi high risk zone, 27 cases were reported from MukundNagar. Areas like Muslim Nagar and Madina Nagar have reported23 cases altogether, followed by Social Nagar (13) and DrBaliga Nagar (6).

Another civic official said one more perosn testedpositive for coronavirus in Dadar Police Colony. Dadar has sofar reported 25 COVID-19 cases (including one in PoliceColony).

With three more persons testing positive forcoronavirus, the tally of such cases in Mahim rose to 17including one death. KKNSK NSK