Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 10 (ANI): Maharashtra on Friday confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1380, said the State Health Department. Along with this, Dharavi also witnessed a rise in Corornavirus cases. Three persons, including two nurses and a man, have tested positive for coronavirus in Dadar.
“As many three new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported from Dadar, in south Mumbai on Friday. Two nurses of Shushrusha Hospital and a man from Kelkar Road tested positive for coronavirus. The total number of cases in Dadar is now at six,” they said.
Meanwhile, five more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Dharavi. With this, the tally of coronavirus in the area reached 22, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Out of five new COVID-19 cases, three are male patients and two are female. These cases were reported from PMGP colony, Muslim Nagar, Kalyanwadi and Murugan chawl. The highest number of cases in Dharavi were reported from Dr Balia Nagar, with the tally at five, including one death.
According to police, two of five persons associated with Delhi’s Tablighi Jamaat have detected positive for COVID-19. The duo was already quarantined at Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex and is now being shifted to a hospital.
