Dharavi Reports Five New COVID-19 Cases; Slum Area Tally 60
Five more persons tested positive to coronavirus in Dharavi, taking the total number of such cases in Mumbai's slum area to 60, a senior civic official said on Wednesday. All the new patients - three males and two females - are from the Mukund Nagar locality of Dharavi.
Mumbai, April 15: Five more persons tested positive to coronavirus in Dharavi, taking the total number of such cases in Mumbai's slum area to 60, a senior civic official said on Wednesday. All the new patients - three males and two females - are from the Mukund Nagar locality of Dharavi. Bats Are Possible Source of Coronavirus? How Do They Survive the Virus While Humans Are Succumbing to the Deadly Disease.
"Contact-tracing of high risk contacts of new patients is under progress," the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. So far, seven COVID-19 patients from Dharavi have died. Dharavi is one the biggest slum areas in Asia.
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