BMC: 70 coronavirus patients go "missing" from Mumbai civic ward

In a shocking incident at least 70 coronavirus patients have gone "missing" from the P-North ward of the municipal corporation that come under suburban Malad and some of them have been traced with help from the police, an official from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said on Wednesday.

These patients had tested positive for coronavirus after submitting their samples, but were untraceable when BMC officials went looking for them.

BMC sources said some of the patients have given either wrong or incomplete residential address, making it difficult to trace them.

In some cases the patients' houses were found locked, while in others their mobile numbers were switched off,the sources said.

The sources said some of the patients are missing since the past 2-3 months.

Since these missing patients could infect others, the BMC had sought the police help to trace them, they said.

The BMC sources said the police were trying to search the remaining missing patients with the help of their call detail record (CDR).