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Coronavirus Outbreak: Dharavi records another 34 cases on Sunday
Updated On: 27 April, 2020 06:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Chetna Sadadekar
BMC adopts private school behind Dharavi Sports Complex to convert into a 700-bed quarantine facility

A civic worker sanitises a police beat chowkie in Dadar. Pic/Ashish Raje
Coronavirus cases continued to rise in Dharavi with 34 new ones being registered on Sunday, civic officials said, taking the total up to 275, with 14 deaths. The BMC is relying on its increased institutional quarantine facility from — up from 1,000 to 2,300 — to shift treat the maximum number of people to.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is further ramping up its infrastructure as another private school, Manohar Joshi Vidyalaya, located behind the Dharavi Sports Complex, has been adopted. It will be converted into a 700-bed quarantine facility. The focus will be on shifting/isolating maximum people to institutional quarantine and testing them, said an official.
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