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Mumbai: These Wards in SoBo, Suburbs report highest COVID-19 cases

Cases have also spiked across Mumbai and its suburbs, including places like Dharavi, which reported zero cases for several days until recently.

Mumbai: These Wards in SoBo, Suburbs report highest COVID-19 cases
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According to a latest report revealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), some of the wards with mostly high-rises have reported a three to five-fold rise in coronavirus infections, particularly in South mumbai, Bandra and Andheri.

Cases have also spiked across Mumbai and its suburbs, including places like Dharavi, which reported zero cases for several days until recently. 

In addition, over 88 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai last week came from high-rises, with slums hardly reporting cases in big numbers, reports stated. Witnessing the increase in cases, the BMC conducted a study of the nearly 3,300 positive cases reported in the earlier week. 

The data states that the wards with maximum population in the high rises, including Colaba, Malabar Hill, Worli, Bandra West and Andheri West, have seen significant rise in cases.

A ward, comprising Colaba, Nariman Point, Churchgate, Fort precincts, registered a four-fold rise in cases in a month. It’s COVID-19 tally from December 18 to 24 rose to 141 from merely 35 recorded during the same period in November. Similarly, the cases rose to 237 from 85 in D ward that consists of Mahalaxmi and Worli.

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Meanwhile, in the Western suburbs, K west, including Andheri and Vile Parle, has been reporting most cases since the second wave.

The jump in COVID-19 cases are being reported mostly among international travellers and areas with more high rises.

Also Read: Omicron Scare: 11 new cases detected in Mumbai, including 1.5-year-old girl from UK

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