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Dharavi uncontainable, as 17 new COVID-19 cases emerge

City reports 183 cases, five deaths on Saturday; Kalyanwadi sees 10 cases; BMC's M West ward, which includes Wadala, is seeing sudden rise in numbers

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The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Dharavi rose to 117, after 17 new cases, including one death, were registered in Dharavi on Saturday, civic officials said.

As per the data, 86 of the 117 who were tested positive are from high-risk zones, which include Madina Nagar, Mukund Nagar, Social Nagar, Muslim Nagar, Kalyanwadi, Baliga Nagar and Vaibhav apartments. All these areas are currently sealed. Kalyanwadi alone saw 10 cases on Saturday—the youngest being a 15-year-old boy and the oldest, a 61-year-old man. The person who died was an 80-year-old woman from Sanaullah Compound, confirmed Kiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner of the G North ward.

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