Door-to-door screening conducted by BMC officials and health workers appears to be helping the civic body in early detection of COVID-19 patients in K West ward (Andheri West and Oshiwara), which currently has the fourth highest number of cases in the city. Since March, the process has helped teams identify 1,258 patients, which is a quarter of the ward's total tally of 5,324 cases.

According to official data obtained from the ward, a total of 2,37,933 people across 61,531 households have been screened using the door-to-door method since March. Out of these, a total of 1,604 people were made to undergo COVID-19 tests. Of them, 1,258 tested positive for the viral infection.