Mumbai's Dharavi reports 8 new COVID-19 cases, area tally 2,309

At least eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the area to 2,309, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The civic body has, however, stopped disclosing the number of deaths from the slum dominated area since the last few days without specifying any reason.

The civic bbody said that the slum area now has only  551 active COVID-19 cases.

Dharavi's COVID-19 case doubling rate is 140 days as per the average of last seven days and its average growth rate is 0.55 per cent, he said.