Mumbai, Nov 26 (PTI) The tally of COVID-19 cases in the slum-dominated Dharavi area here rose to 3,669 on Thursday with six new cases coming to light, a civic official said.

Of these, 3,336 patients have already recovered.

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The number of active COVID-19 cases increased to 22 from 19 the day before.

Spread over 2.5 square kilometres of area, Dharavi is considered to be the largest slum in Asia with a population of over 6.5 lakh.

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