While the city has been reporting between 1,200 to 1,400 COVID-19 positive patients every day for a month, since the Unlock 1.0 began, it has been observed that the epicentre of cases is moving to the suburbs. Many areas in the north of the city, such as Malad East, Jogeshwari East, Andheri East, Bhandup are reporting a high number of cases. For the first two-and-a-half months, the majority of COVID-19 cases had been reported from south and south-central parts.

Worli from G South, Byculla, Tardeo, Malabar Hill and then Dharavi became the hot spots as the cases increased here sharply. mid-day had reported this on May 28, -COVID-19 spread remains in certain wards-. But for the past 15 days, the epicentre of the positive cases has shifted to the north of the city. While the city-s south shows around 25 per cent growth in cases, in the northern parts, the cases have been increasing by more than 50 per cent.