Dharavi COVID-19 tally reaches 22 with 5 new cases: BMC

Five more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Dharavi here, taking the tally of the virus in the area to 22, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.

Out of five new COVID-19 cases, three are male patients and two are female. These cases were reported from PMGP colony, Muslim Nagar, Kalyanwadi and Murugan chawl.

The highest number of cases in Dharavi were reported from Dr Balia Nagar, with the tally at five, including one death.

According to police, two persons associated with Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat have detected positive for COVID-19. The duo was already quarantined at Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex and is now being shifted to the hospital.According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a total of 1,364 people have tested positive in Maharashtra so far, including 125 cured and discharged and 97 deaths.

( With inputs from ANI )