Two Malvani residents, who died when a two-storey building collapsed following heavy rainfall on Thursday, have tested positive for novel Coronavirus posthumously, civic officials said on Sunday. Their families have been sent to a quarantine centre, they added.

The deceased were identified as 18-year-old Faiz Sayyed and 23-year-old Anjum Shaikh. Their families conducted the last rites on Saturday night after receiving their COVID-19 test, and they were sent to the quarantine centre on Sunday, said BMC officials from P North ward (Malad).