BMC office MUMBAI: As Covid cases are rising in the city, so are the numbers of sealed buildings and floors. According to BMC data, there are 229 sealed buildings and 2,762 sealed floors as of March 9. It is a 23% rise from the 185 buildings and 2,237 floors cordoned off as of March 2. The BMC is sealing the entire building if five or more Covid-19 patients are found there, else only the floor is cordoned off. At present, nearly 4.5 lakh people are living in buildings whose floors have been shut down, and 1.4 lakh people in active sealed buildings. As per civic data, K-West (Andheri west, Vile Parle west and Juhu) has the highest number of sealed buildings (34) and sealed floors (518) as of March 9. R-South ward, which covers Kandivli and Charkop, has the second highest number of sealed buildings (30) followed by S ward (28), which covers Bhandup, Vikhroli and Powai. P-North ward (Malad) stood second in the sealed floors’ list (335) followed by R-South (310).