Coronavirus in Mumbai: BMC aims to trace virus with pinpoint accuracy
PTI
To control the sudden spread of COVID-19 cases in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now trying to pinpoint the areas from where most of the cases are being reported.
Since mid-February, there has been a sudden spike in the daily active Covid-19 case tally in Mumbai, even though most of the cases are being reported from high rises and residential buildings, civic officials said there is no definite pattern behind the spread.
Suresh Kakani - additional municipal commissioner and in-charge of public health in BMC, said that presently, the spread is scattered and there is no pattern.
COVID-19 in Mumbai: Five wards in western suburbs record 25% spike in cases
In the past week, the active case count in five municipal wards of the western suburbs has increased by 25 per cent. Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, these wards -R Central (Borivali), K West (Andheri West, Juhu and Versova), R South (Kandivli), P North (Malad), and K east (Andheri East and Jogeshwari)- emerged as the hotspots in Mumbai.
As per the latest BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, these five wards constitute approximately 32 per cent of the total active cases in Mumbai. Presently, Mumbai has 9,690 active cases, of which 3,126 cases are from the mentioned wards. Earlier, on February 22, there were 2,387 active cases in these wards.