Dharavi’s COVID-19 tally tops 3,500 with 11 new cases

MUMBAI: The COVID-19 tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi crossed the 3,500-mark on Tuesday with the addition of 11 new cases, a senior BMC official said. The civic official said with 11 more persons testing positive for the viral infection in the last 24 hours, the tally of CO VID-19 cases in Dharavi rose to 3,508. The last 500 COVID-19 cases were added in 39 days. Earlier , it took 72 days for infections to cross the 3,000mark from 2,500. The official said 3,057 CO VID-19 patients in the slum -dominated area have already recovered and discharged from hospitals.