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Mumbai: 11 more test coronavirus positive in Dharavi, tally 28

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Mumbai: 11 more test coronavirus positive in Dharavi, tally 28
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Mumbai, Apr 10 () Eleven more people, including twowho returned from the last month's religious gathering atNizamuddin, tested positive for coronavirus in Dharavi onFriday, taking the tally in the slum-dominated area here to28, civic officials said.

According to the officials, among the 11 three arewomen. One of them, aged 29, is the wife of a doctor whotested positive earlier in Vaibhav Nagar, while the anotherone, aged 31, is a resident of the Kalyanwadi locality, theysaid.

"Two people who figure in the list of police whoreturned from Markaz (Tablighi Jamaat's event at itsheadquarters in Nizamuddin, Delhi) were also found positive,"said a senior BMC official.

He said one of them was a resident of Dr Baliga Nagar,while the other is from PMGP colony.

"Both were already quarantined at the Rajiv Gandhisports complex and have been now taken to hospital," he said.

While five patients tested positive earlier in theday, six other cases came to light later. Of these sixpatients, five are residents of Mukund Nagar, while a 26-year-old man lives in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar chawl. KK RSYNP NP

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