The BMC has been conducting targeted COVID-19 tests over the past week in view of a likely second wave of the infection but officials said that the number of positive cases among those who have been tested was low. The BMC has been focusing mainly on hawkers, shopkeepers, bus drivers and civic staff, who come in contact with a lot of people.

Apart from testing hawkers, officials from the civic health department conducted testing camps at municipal markets and six wards of the city, and the number of positive cases were fewer than 10 in each area. In the G North ward, which includes Dharavi and Dadar Flower Market, out of 523 hawkers and shopkeepers who were tested only nine tested positive. In areas like Bazaar Gully and Khar Market in H West ward, out of 340 tests, nine were positive. Medical health officials of various wards said that the positivity rate among them has been lower than expected.