The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared a slum area in D ward as a containment zone (CZ), but only on paper. The ward health official said while six cases had been reported from the slum, they were all scattered, so access to the area had not been closed. The city currently has 37 sealed buildings and 1,387 sealed floors.

“The area comprises small slum pockets like Sagar Nagar, Mata Parvati Nagar, Prem Nagar, Shivaji Nagar and Bhavani Mata Nagar. These areas are adjacent to a couple of skyscrapers near Banganga. The access to the whole area hasn’t been closed yet as the cases are scattered. However, it has been declared as a CZ,” said Dr Suresh Uchle, medical officer of D ward. As per the civic body’s rules, any slum area that has more than five cases is declared a CZ.