The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 5,194 on Tuesday morning with 149 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said.
The coronavirus outbreak in India has reached the community transmission stage in some parts with Mumbai being the hotspot. Community transmission occurs when the disease is contracted from the community and the virus has spread so much that the source is untraceable.
The BMC said on Tuesday that the fresh cases emerging in the city are neither contacts of patients, nor have any travel history. It also threw light on the 44 fresh cases that have been found in areas under the BMC this morning. As reported by Scroll.in, the G-South Ward in Mumbai has a total of 78 cases, which is by far the maximum number of cases reported from one locality. Mumbai’s D Ward, which has Byculla in its aeges, has the second highest number of cases.
A senior BMC official said, “We are more worried and concerned about the health workers and doctors who have been tested coronavirus positive.” They continued, “In Mumbai, more than 50 people from the medical fraternity are detected as virus positive. The community spread has therefore been started as we see a surge in number of cases from various parts of the city. We are declaring these areas as contaminated clusters and subsequently sealing them.”
The number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai’s Dharavi area has now risen to nine after two men tested positive on Wednesday. The new cases have been reported from Mukund slum and Dhanwada chawl, as reported by Scroll.in.
In a cabinet meeting held via video conferencing, the Maharashtra Government discussed whether to extend the lockdown by two weeks in Mumbai and Pune due to the consistently high number of cases the two cities have reported.
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