Dharavi shines. Since the spread of novel Coronavirus over a year and a half, Dharavi, the place of global records, has had 41 days with zero COVID-19 cases, and most of them were after the second wave. In 2020, there were four days when Dharavi reported not a single infection, while since January 2021, it reported 37 days of zero cases, with Saturday being the latest. The area currently has just 10 active cases.

While the area has so far recorded more than 7,000 cases of Covid-19, it has also vaccinated over 4.4 lakh of its eligible adult population. Several NGOs and private organisations played a key role in bringing down the number of infections during the first wave. After the second wave, vaccination and stronger immunity also helped the spread stay under control.