On Tuesday, around 8,776 people were tested in Mumbai for COVID-19, the highest number of tests conducted in the city so far. Out of these, only 717 patients were found infected with the virus. The total tally of the city has reached 1,10,846. Mumbai reported 55 new deaths, taking the fatality toll to 6,184. With 2,467 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the city now has 84,411 recovered patients in total. According to the data provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), there are 20,251 active cases in the city.
Dharavi reported only three new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the total tally in the slum-clustered area to 2,543. Out of this, 2,204 patients have recovered and only 88 cases are active, as per the BMC. However, the civic body has stopped disclosing the number of deaths in the area.
Recently, the areas of Dadar and Mahim have witnessed a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases. Dadar recorded 17 new cases on Tuesday, taking the area's tally to 1,664. So far, there are 449 active cases in Dadar, and 1,142 patient have recovered. The neighbouring area of Mahim reported 11 new coronavirus cases, which took the tally of the area to 1,632. Currently, there are around 200 active cases in the area and 1,361 patients have recovered.
The areas under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have also seen a hike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the last two months. On Tuesday, Thane district registered 1,209 cases, which took the positive cases count to 81,250. The district reported 53 new deaths, pushing up the death toll to 2,242. The neighbouring town of Palghar reported 297 new cases on Tuesday, taking its count to 14,398, while eight deaths took the toll to 275.
Meanwhile, Mumbai conducted a sero-survey which found that about 57 per cent people tested in the slum areas of the city had been exposed to, and developed antibodies against the deadly coronavirus as compared to only 16 per cent of those tested in residential or housing societies.
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