8 more test positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi area

tally of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi rose to 2,634 on Tuesday after eight more persons tested positive for infection, city civic body said.

A senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said 2,295 patients have alrey recovered from infection, leaving just 81 active cases in densely populated slum-dominated area.

civic body has stopped sharing death figures from area, which falls under BMC's G-rth ward. According to official, G-rth ward has recorded a total of 6,613 COVID-19 cases so far.

Besides Dharavi, G-rth ward has two or prominent areas, Dar and Mahim, which have registered 2,076 and 1,908 COVID-19 cases, respectively. Spre across 2.5 square km, Dharavi has a population over 6.5 lakh.

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