For the second day in a row, Mumbai recorded more than 200 new COVID-19 cases, with six of them reported from Dharavi, taking the total count there to 55. State health officials said that 18 deaths due to the virus were reported from across the state of which 11 are from Mumbai, four from Pune and one each from Ahmednagar and Aurangabad. The total number of cases in Maharashtra now stand at 2,684.

The six new cases reported in Dharavi included two deceased — a 52-year-old man from Kalyanwadi, who passed away at Rajawadi Hospital on April 11 and a 52-year-old man who died at Sion Hospital, taking the total number of cases in the area to 55. Apart from the six confirmed cases, G North ward officials said that they suspect another 55-year-old woman to have died of COVID-19 on April 13. "The woman was kept at Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex and was later admitted to Sion Hospital where she died. She had a history of hypertension and diabetes but her swab reports are yet to come in," said a civic official. Dharavi has seven confirmed deaths so far. The deaths reported on Tuesday occurred between April 9 and April 14. On Tuesday, another 65-year-old woman died at KEM Hospital.