The situation is turning grim in Kharghar and other areas within the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits. A single building has recorded 36 COVID-19 positive cases, some of these are children.

A Kharghar-based doctor, requesting anonymity, shared, “As per data available with PMC, on April 9, 529 new cases were reported and 3,798 active cases were registered in the corporation limits. About 126 cases were reported in Kharghar itself. Ideally, behind every positive case, 25 low-risk individuals should be traced, tested and quarantined on the first day as well as on the seventh day. If this is not done, a separate chain gets established, adding more potential super spreaders. Low testing and inappropriate enforcement of quarantine by local ward office creates such situations.”