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Covid-19: Dharavi registers smallest rise in Covid-19 cases since April

The BMC did not reveal if any fresh virus-related death has been reported in the area

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Health workers screen the residents of Naik Nagar during a health survey, after detection of some positive cases in Dharavi, Mumbai, on Wednesday. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India Mumbai
Only two new coronavirus patients were detected in Dharavi area of Mumbai on Saturday, taking its case tally to 2,311, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
The area, known as Asia's largest slum cluster, has recorded such a small rise in Covid-19 cases for the first time since the first week of April.
The BMC did not reveal if any fresh virus-related death has been reported in the area. The civic body has stopped giving information about deaths in the area for the past few days.
 

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