Two more coronavirus cases in Dharavi; tally rises to 9

Mumbai’s Dharavi on Tuesday reported two fresh covid-19 cases, taking the total in Asia’s largest slum to nine, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said.

Among the new patients are a 25-year-old man from Mukund Nagar locality and a 35-year-old man from Dhanwada chawl.

The patient from Mukund Nagar was a high risk contact of a 49-year-old man, who earlier tested positive for coronavirus, and was kept at a quarantine facility, he said. "Contact tracing is underway in Dhanwada chawl (where another new case has been reported)," the official said, adding they are going to seal the area as per the protocol.

The total number of COVID-19 cases has reached 1078 in Maharashtra as 60 more people tested positive today. 44 fresh cases have been found under Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation area, 9 under Pune Municipal Corporation area, 4 in Nagpur, & 1 each in Ahmednagar, Akola & Buldhana.

Maharashtra remained the worst hit state with a total number of positive cases rising to 1078.