India News | 6 Test COVID-19 Positive in Dharavi; Active Cases Top 100
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The tally of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi increased to 2,830 on Tuesday with six more persons testing positive for the infection, the city civic body said.
Mumbai, Sep 8 (PTI) The tally of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi increased to 2,830 on Tuesday with six more persons testing positive for the infection, the city civic body said.
A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officer said 2,459 COVID-19 patients from Dharavi have already recovered and discharged from hospitals.
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He said the number of active cases in Dharavi rose to 101.
It is after a gap of more than a month that the number of active cases in the slum-dominated area has crossed the 100-mark, the officer said.
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Dharavi, spread over 2.5 lakh square kilometres, has a population of more than 6.5 lakh.
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