Another COVID-19 positive case in Mumbai's Dharavi slum

Mumbai: Corona virus infection is continuously increasing in the country. At the same time, corona infection is spreading in Asia's biggest Slum Mumbai's Dharavi.

A 35-year-old doctor has been found corona positive here on Friday. The total number of COVID19 patients in Dharavi has increased to 3.

An estimated 7 to 10 lakhs people live in Dharavi -(a roughly five-square-kilometre maze of narrow lanes).

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At the same time, after the report of this 35-year-old doctor came positive, the entire family of the doctor has been quarantined, they will be examined for corona today. Simultaneously, people who were in contact with the doctor are being searched. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed Dharavi, where the doctor resides.

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No travel history of doctor:

According to reports doctor has no travel history. It is believed that the doctor may have come in contact with a corona infected patient.

In Dharavi, on Wednesday, a 46-year-old man died of corona. The housing society was sealed by the authorities. They sealed the society after the death of a Covid19 patient. The officials had said that all the people living around the deceased were being tested.

More than 400 Corona infected in Mumbai:

As many as 26 people tested positive for novel coronavirus on Thurday in Mumbai, taking the total number of the cases to 423, a Health department official said. So far, eight people have succumbed to the infection in the metropolis.

Meanwhile in India So far the case of corona positives in the country has reached 2250, while 70 people have lost their lives due to corona virus.

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