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Coronavirus in Mumbai: Number of sealed buildings doubles in nine days
Updated On: 26 May, 2020 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
From 1,271 on May 14, the number of sealed buildings across the city increases to 2,533; Containment Zones reduce as civic body consolidates larger areas

A woman looks out from a sealed building in Worli. Pic/Suresh Karkera
The number of sealed buildings in the city doubled over the past nine days and reached 2,533 on May 23. The number does not include the number of building released after the 14-days quarantine. Meanwhile, the number of Containment Zones (CZ) in slums in the same period came down from 692 to 644.
The cases in the city have been rising at an average of 1.5k per day. Between May 14 and May 28, COVID-19 cases increased by 12,055 with a majority of them being in slums. The number of sealed buildings in this period increased by 1,262.

