Six new Covid-19 cases, including two deaths in Dharavi; Mumbai slum tally rises to 55

PTI | Apr 14, 2020, 11:08 IST

A police officer keeps watch over Dharavi from a building

MUMBAI: Six new coronavirus cases, including two deaths, were reported from Dharavi on Tuesday, taking the total number of people affected by the disease in Mumbai's slum area to 55, a civic official said.
New cases were found in Muslim Nagar, Kalyanwadi, Janata Society and Rajiv Nagar localities of Dharavi, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
"High risk contact-tracing of all new cases is being done," he said.
So far, seven deaths have been reported from Dharavi, which is one of the biggest slum areas of Asia.