COVID-19: Number Of Sealed Buildings, Containment Zone Drops, reveals BMC

According to a data revealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), there are only three sealed buildings across Mumbai.

Out of three sealed buildings, two are in L ward (Kurla, Chandivali) and the remaining one is in M-east ward (Govandi, Mankhurd), shows BMC’s COVID-19 dashboard.

With decline in daily COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, the number of sealed buildings in the city has seen a sharp dip. On December 30, the number of sealed buildings had increased to 128 from 22 on December 25. The containment zones had also gone up to 11 from zero within five days.

Officials from the BMC said that the decline in daily cases is a key factor in the decrease in the number of sealed buildings.

Besides, it has also come to light that the city now also has zero containment zones.

On Sunday, February 6, Mumbai reported 536 cases and three deaths.

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After Mumbai reported the highest ever — 19,753 — single day cases since the outbreak of the pandemic on January 7, the number of sealed buildings and containment zones (for chawls and slums) had started increasing amid the third wave of coronavirus owing to Omicron.

For those unversed, as per the revised guidelines amid emerging Omicron variant, a building can be sealed if there are at least 10 COVID-19 patients in the occupied flats of the building.