Dharavi in Mumbai has reported a 62% jump in Covid-19 cases in March, as compared to new infections recorded in February. While the area had seen 168 people testing positive for the disease in February, the count has gone up to 272 in March so far, civic officials said on Saturday.
The officials said that the number of daily new cases in Dharavi, which had started steadily going up since February, has witnessed a significant surge this month.They say that the cases being reported are scattered across the slum and not concentrated in any particular pocket.