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COVID-19 impact: Number of Containment Zones in Mumbai shoots up to 381
Updated On: 10 April, 2020 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | A correspondent
Containment Zones are places where once a positive case is detected, the residents of the area are home quarantined

A notice by BMC outside a building in Prabhadevi. Pic/Priya Ambolkar
With an everyday increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city, the number of Containment Zones across Mumbai has shot up. According to the official data, as on April 8, 381 areas have been sealed by the civic body and over 200 areas were added in less than ten days as the number of zones on April 1 was about 150.
The data shows that the administrative ward D (includes Malabar Hill, Girgaum, Grant Road) and K west (includes Andheri, Santacruz and Vile Parle West) have the highest number of sealed areas — 49 and 41 respectively. However, the G south ward has the highest number of cases — 184 till April 8.


