Officials from the G-north ward said that the three key steps – sanitizing public toilets five times in a day, free Covid-19 testing and door-to-door vaccination – will be taken up in the entire Dharavi.
Optimistically, we might hope that fatalities will be limited during this wave. Mar 16, 2021 · 06:30 am Commuters walk on a railway platform after disembarking from a train amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Mumbai on February 9, 2021. | Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
Mumbai’s daily Covid-19 cases are climbing sharply. Over the past week, cases have averaged almost 1,600 per day – triple the number one month ago. Meanwhile, a small but increasing fraction of the city has had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, probably around 4% to date.
How bad is the city’s third Covid-19 surge? And where is it likely to go next? Could vaccination halt the wave?
Maharashtra Covid spike: Dharavi reports double-digit Covid case count after 37 days
Maharashtra Covid spike: Dharavi reports double-digit Covid case count after 37 days
At 10, Mumbai s slum colony Dharavi has reported a double-digit count of Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, after a gap of more than a month.
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UPDATED: February 24, 2021 20:07 IST
On February 2, the congested slum pocket, once a Covid-19 hotspot, did not report any new case. However, from the second week of this month, cases are gradually rising. (File photo)
The surge in Covid-19 cases is evident in Mumbai, as Asia’s largest slum Dharavi reporting cases in double-digit on Wednesday.