MUMBAI: The
Covid-19 tally in Mumbai's slum colony of
Dharavi increased to 3,497 with the addition of eight new cases on Monday, according to a senior BMC official. This was the third consecutive day of single digit rise in
Covid-19 cases in Dharavi. On October 24 and 25, the slum-dominated area had recorded 6 new infections each.
The official said 3,047 Covid-19 patients in Dharavi have already recovered and discharged from hospitals.
The civic body has stopped sharing death figures from the area, where the number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 142, he said.
Spread over 2.5 square kilometres, Dharavi has a population over 6.5 lakh.