The Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has witnessed a six-fold rise in COVID-19 infections in just 40 days, thanks to the blatant violation of the lockdown measures by the residents living in the containment zones. The cases in the city jumped to 11,834 on Thursday, July 30, from 1,845 on June 20. While civic officials claim that most of the CZs are not manned by cops, police say they have deployed personnel at the sealed areas.

THE containment zones (CZs) in the Vasai-Nalasopara-Virar stretch has increased to nearly 1,500, including 26 big areas. On Thursday, the VVCMC reported 189 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, which took the total count to 11,834, and with three new casualties, the death toll reached 242. There are 3,834 active patients in the area as of now, the civic body said.