Mumbai sees 1242 new COVID-19 cases; Dharavi's doubling rate slows to 76 days, city at 36

After two days of fatality, Mumbai reported 41 new deaths and 1242 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Sunday. city also saw 624 recoveries, taking its tally at 33,491. Mumbai, which is worst-hit district in India currently has 66,507 cases and 3669 deaths.

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Mumbai: 1242 new COVID cases

With an overall growth of 1.96% in cases in past week, BMC has tested 4,265 samples in past 24 hours, taking city's testing tally to 2,87,384. While city's recovery rate is maintained at 50%, test positivity rate is maintained at 22.71%. BMC also reported that over 23.53 lakh houses were visited where 4.03 lakh senior citizens were checked for oxygen levels - of which 2048 were referred or treated for low oxygen levels.

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BMC and police disagree over lockdown

As  COVID-19 cases continue to rise in rth Mumbai areas like Malad, Kandivali, Borivali, and Dahisar, police and BMC differ on imposing a restriction-heavy lockdown to contain outbreak. While police want a total lockdown to be enforced in region, BMC claimed that proposal was "disastrous" as civic body was tracking virus spread and taking measures to contain it. As per BMC war room report, se areas doubling rate which were earlier at 10 days, have w improved to 20 days.

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Mumbai's COVID crisis

BMC has increased its containment zones to 865, while over 5,784 buildings and chawls have been sealed and being self-mand by society. While slums were initially where most cases were found, BMC claims that most cases were w found in housing societies. Recent BMC report shows Borivali as most affected place with doubling rate at 16 days, while Dharavi is least affected ward with doubling rate at 76 days. Overall, Mumbai's doubling rate at 36 days is higher than national aver of 17.4 days.

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has clarified that state government had t re-anunced lockdown and urged people to follow government guideline on safety and precautions against COVID-19. Moreover, Railways has commenced plying local trains but only for 'essential employees' - designated state govt employees and private healthcare workers, to take burden off BEST buses which too have commenced. state has also capped its COVID-19  tests and testing by collecting samples from home at Rs.2200 and Rs.2800 respectively.