Three new COVID-19 cases in Dharavi; slum area tally now 10

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Mumbai, Apr 8 () Three more persons tested positivefor coronavirus in Dharavi area on Wednesday, taking thenumber of such cases in the densely-populated slum area ofMumbai to 10, a civic official said.

The three patients are- a 25-year-old man from MukundNagar locality, a 35-year-old man from Dhanwada chawl, and a60-year-old woman, who resides in Muslim Nagar, he said.

The patient from Mukund Nagar was a high risk contactof a 49-year-old man, who earlier tested positive forcoronavirus, and was kept at a quarantine facility, he said.

"The 60-year-old woman from Muslim Nagar works as acleaner at the KEM Hospital. She tested positive forcoronavirus on Wednesday afternoon, which took the number ofCOVID-19 patients from Dharavi to 10. These cases include a56-year-old person who died at Sion Hospital," the officialsaid.

"Contact tracing is underway in Dhanwada chawl (whereanother new case has been reported)," the official said,adding they are going to seal the area as per the protocol.

Dharavi is one of the biggest slums in Asia wherenearly 15 lakh people live in small shanties, making it one ofthe most congested areas of the metropolis. KK GKNP NP