Dharavi's COVID-19 tally crosses 100, 10 dead amid BMC's wide-spread screening

As cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) surge in Mumbai, city's biggest slum area, on Friday, has added 15 new cases- taking its tally to 101. cases were from areas like - Muslim Nagar (4), Matunga labour camp (3), Indira Nagar (3), Laxmi Chawl (1), Janta society (1), Sarvodaya society (1) and Social Nagar (2) with one 62-year-old male succumbing to COVID-19. Dharavi has seen 10 deaths till date, from 23 different areas.

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Dharavi screening begins

On Saturday,   city's Municipal body - BMC  started screening all 7.5 lakh residents of area for COVID-19. BMC has roped in a team of 150 doctors to help ir workers in process. Dharavi which is one of listed hotspots in Mumbai, also had 10 Markaz attendees stay in locality before leaving for Kerala. BMC has set up 438 containment zones throughout Mumbai since rise in number of cases.

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Dharavi and COVID-19

After first case was reported from Dharavi, BMC created several containment zones throughout place, putting thousands of people under restrictions. With over 1 million people living in five square kilometer area, Dharavi is Mumbai's most densely populated area. Mumbai currently has 2043 cases and 116 deaths - as of Thursday.

area's first fatality was a 56-year old male who succumbed to pandemic before he could be treated. Since n number of cases have increased rapidly in area. BMC has currently set up several health camps inside area and are monitoring high-risk patients. 

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Maharashtra lockdown extended till April 30

Prior to PM Modi's anuncement extending lockdown till May 3, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, anunced that lockdown will be extended in Maharashtra at least till April 30. Moreover, he added that while it is possible for government to lift lockdown in certain places, lockdown in major areas like Mumbai will continue and on a stricter level. He warned people to maintain social distancing to avoid ar extension of lockdown. Currently, Maharashtra tops all states in India with 3205 cases and 194 deaths.

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