Five more test positive for Coronavirus in Mumbai

Updated On: 17 March, 2020 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Arita Sarkar

C category people will be placed on home quarantine for 14 days. Till date around 250 people have been screened under the C category

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A woman wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 walks past graffiti in Mumbai. Pic/AFP

Five new positive cases of Coronavirus were reported on Monday taking the city's count to 14 cases, while the state's tally is 39. People who fly into Mumbai are being screened and quarantined at SevenHills Hospital in Andheri or at their homes.

Of the five new cases, two were from Navi Mumbai, two from Kalyan, and one from Mumbai. A case was reported from Yavatmal where a 41-year-old woman tested positive. She had travelled with the group of 40 people to Dubai. All the six patients are at Kasturba Hospital and said to be in a stable condition.