Mumbai appears to be getting a glimpse of the third wave as two staff and 24 inhabitants of a Byculla-based orphanage — four girls aged below 12 years, 11 aged between 12 and 18 years, and 11 adults — have tested positive for COVID-19. Two of the infected are senior citizens. This was found after 94 people were tested at the St. Joseph’s Home and Nursery. All the residents are either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic but have been shifted to hospitals as a precaution. 

Trouble started when two staff with fever were taken to the BMC’s Souter Street dispensary on Monday, August 23. RT-PCR tests were conducted and the women tested positive the next day. Meanwhile, two more women came to the fever clinic. The BMC health team then decided to arrange a test camp for all inhabitants and staff on August 24.