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Dharavi COVID-19 tally crosses 2,500-mark with 10 new cases
MUMBAI : The coronavirus tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi surpassed the 2,500-mark on Tuesday with the addition of 10 new cases, the city civic body said.According to a senior BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) official, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the slum -dominated area rose to 2,502 with 10 new infections.He said Dharavi now has 151 active COVID-19 cases, while the number of recovered patients stood at 2,101.The civic body has, however, stopped sharing figures of COVID-19 deaths, if any, in Dharavi since last month.Spread over 2.5 square kilometres, Dharavi is considered as one of the largest slums in Asia with a population of over 6.5 lakh.Dharavi's COVID-19 cases tally has crossed the 2,500- mark in 112 days as the