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Sero positivity is increasing in non-slum areas and decreasing in slum pockets of Mumbai, as per a survey conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Sero positivity is increasing in non-slum areas and decreasing in slum pockets of Mumbai, as per a survey conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. This matches the current trend of a large number of people from non-slum areas here testing positive for the viral infection amid the COVID-19 surge.
The sero survey also showed that women have more antibodies than men to the fight the coronavirus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Saturday. As per the survey, there was 37.12 per cent sero positivity among women as against 35.02 per cent in men, it said.
Mumbai has over 80,000 active Covid cases (File)
Mumbai:
Mumbai reported 5,888 new Covid cases on Saturday evening - a three-week low and a significant drop from the 7,221 it reported on Friday, the 7,410 on Thursday and the 7,684 on Wednesday.
This is the lowest daily addition to its caseload since March 31, when 5,394 new cases were detected, and it is the first time since April 12 that the number of new daily cases is below the 7,000-mark.
The number of deaths linked to the virus, however, remained roughly the same over the past three days - 71 on Saturday, 72 on Friday and 75 on Thursday.
The city - once the worst-affected in the country - conducted nearly 40,000 Covid tests over a 24-hour period ending this evening. On Friday approximately 42,000 tests were conducted.