
MUMBAI’S DHARAVI recorded nine new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the first time in two-and-a-half months that the densely populated area reported cases in single digit.
The last time Dharavi recorded a single-digit figure was on February 23.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the slum-dominated locality has reported 6,632 cases since last year’s Covid outbreak. Of these, nearly 2,500 new cases were recorded in the last two months.
Dharavi currently has 727 active cases.
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