The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to shut shops dealing in non-essential items in containment zones in north Mumbai as the number of COVID-19 cases in the region is growing at 3 per cent against the metropolis' average of 2.05 per cent, an official said on Saturday. Only shops dealing in grocery, medicines etc would be allowed to remain open in containment zones between Andheri and Dahisar in the western part and Bhandup to Mulund on the central line of the metropolis, an official said.

He added that a meeting on the implementation of the order was held with Mumbai police on Friday. It was also decided to seal an entire building under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme in the western suburbs as against just a floor earlier due to rise in the number of cases there, the official said.