With two more deaths reported, the death toll at Asia's largest slum stands at 20 Mumbai: Mumbai's biggest slum sprawl Dharavi on Sunday reported 94 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
With this, the overall number of the cases from the densly-populated slum colony rose to 590 and the death toll to 20, he said. "Dharavi on Sunday reported 94 new COVID-9 cases from various areas, taking the tally to 590 so far.
The slum area also reported deaths of two COVID-19 patients, increasing the toll to 20," the official said. Dharavi, believed to be the biggest slum in India, is posing a tough challenge for the BMC and the Maharashtra government to contain the coronavirus spread, mainly due to