Umar Shaikh, a 29-year-old resident of Ulwe died of high fever on May 6, but his family does not have the body for the funeral. Naqsibul Shaikh, the deceased's cousin, told mid-day that the body was sent to the municipal hospital in Vashi for COVID-19 test and is now missing.

A native of West Bengal, Umar worked as a contract labourer in Navi Mumbai but was jobless due to the lockdown, so he started selling fruits in his locality. On May 6, he fell sick and passed away on May 9. The local police sent his body to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital for the test and the report came back negative a few days later, said Naqsibul, adding that he has been making rounds of the hospital since to retrieve his brother's body.