Mumbai: 50% of COVID-19 patients found in four civic wards

Mumbai, Apr 8 () Nearly 50 per cent of the total590 COVID-19 patients found so far in Mumbai, which hasemerged as one of the hotspots of coronavirus spread not onlyin Maharashtra but also across the country, are from four ofthe total 24 administrative wards of the civic body.

The latest infographic released by the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday suggests that 282 ofthe 590 positive cases were detected in D, E, G-South and K-West wards.

Coronavirus has so far claimed 40 lives in themetropolis.

The latest BMC data highlights that the highest numberof 133 positive cases in the city are from G-South ward, whichwitnessed almost 71 per cent rise in the COVID-19 cases on asingle day (on April 7) as there were only 78 cases till April6.

The G-South ward includes areas like Haji Ali,Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Worli, Lower Parel, Currey Road,Elphinstone Road and Sat Rasta. Most part of this ward fallunder Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray's WorliAssembly constituency.

Majority of COVID-19 cases in G-South ward have beenfound in Elphinstone Road area and Worli Koliwada, which iswhy hundreds of residents there have been quarantined oradmitted to isolation wards in hospitals.

The BMC infographic also points out that the G-Southward is followed by D, E and K-West ward, where 59, 46 and 43COVID-19 patients have been found so respectively.

Three of these wards are in south central Mumbai,while the K-West ward is located in Western suburban areaslike Andheri and Vile Parle.

According to the data, four other wards- H-East, P-North, K-East and M-West- have 33, 32, 27 and 23 COVID-19patients respectively.

The data suggests that all these eight wards have 397of the total 590 COVID-19 patients, which comes to around 67per cent of the total cases in the city.

The infographic also points out that A, B and C wardsin South Mumbai and T ward in North East Mumbai have less thanseven cases each, while B ward has the lowest five COVID-19cases.

The Centre has declared Mumbai as one of the hotspotsof COVID-19 in the country and various measures have beentaken by the authorities to contain the spread of the virus inthe densely populated slums.

According to BMC release, the civic body has createdas many as 241 containment zones in the city, where at leastone or more positive or suspected case of COVID-19 found.Restrictions have been put on the movement of people in thesezones to avoid spread of the pandemic. KKNP NP