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42 more test coronavirus positive in Dharavi; no fresh death

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

Forty-two more persons tested

positive for coronavirus in the slum-dominated Dharavi area of the city, taking the tally to 632 on Monday, said a senior BMC official.

No fresh death from COVID-19 has been reported from Dharavi in the last 48 hours, he said.

The civic officer said the new cases were found in Pivala Bangala, Dharavi Cross road, Shiv Shakti Nagar, Muslim Nagar, Azad Nagar, Kalyanwadi, Jalil Compound, Matunga Labour camp and some other localities of Dharavi.

Considered the biggest slum settlement in Asia, Dharavi has so far reported the death of 20 COVID-19 patients.

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First Published: May 04 2020 | 7:51 PM IST

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