A positive case of novel coronavirus has been reported from Dharavi area in Mumbai. The patient, a 56-year-old man, is undergoing treatment at Sion hospital.

Eight to 10 members of his family have been put in quarantine. Authorities have sealed the building where he resides and started providing food and other necessities to the residents as they can’t come out of the building. His contact history is being traced.

Dharavi is a densely populated area in Mumbai with over 15 lakh people, spread over 613 hectares. Caution is being taken that the cases don’t spread in the area, an official statement said.

Mumbai has emerged as one of the hotspots for the spread of the deadly Covid-19 in India. While Maharashtra has over 320 positive cases of the virus, Mumbai is responsible for over half of them.

So far, the city's health department has declared the Koliwada area of Worli and the Goregaon suburb as two hotspots in Mumbai.

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