6 new COVID-19 cases, including 2 deaths in Dharavi; tally 55

Six new COVID-19 cases deducted in Maharashtra's Dharavi. The total no of cases in the Mumbai's slum area reaches to 55.

Mumbai: Six new coronavirus cases, including two deaths, were reported from Dharavi on Tuesday, taking the total number of people affected by the disease in Mumbai's slum area to 55, a civic official said.

New cases were found in Muslim Nagar, Kalyanwadi, Janata Society and Rajiv Nagar localities of Dharavi, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.

"High-risk contact-tracing of all new cases is being done," he said.

So far, seven deaths have been reported from Dharavi, which is one of the biggest slum areas of Asia. (PTI)