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Mumbai: Worrying trend as COVID-19 cases pile up in same families and buildings

Officials say this could be because of people attending gatherings, better contact-tracing

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A health worker tests a woman in Goregaon’s (Topiwala) Municipal Maternity Home. Pic/Satej Shinde

A health worker tests a woman in Goregaon’s (Topiwala) Municipal Maternity Home. Pic/Satej Shinde

Maximum new COVID-19 cases continue to come from buildings and while they were spread out earlier, the trend is changing with siblings and other building residents getting infected. Numbers indicate the trend as buildings with more than five COVID cases increased by almost 50 per cent in the past five days. Slums, too, are seeing increased cases after aggressive screening and testing.

A woman gets tested at (Topiwala) Municipal Maternity Home, Goregaon on Thursday. Pic/Satej Shinde
A woman gets tested at (Topiwala) Municipal Maternity Home, Goregaon on Thursday. Pic/Satej Shinde

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