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Coronavirus cases in India are rapidly increasing, setting a new record every day, and Maharashtra continues to be the worst-affected state. COVID-19 positive cases in Mumbai are on the rise as well.
According to the ward-wise data by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), areas like Andheri, Jogeshwari, and Vile Parle which are in the K-East ward of Mumbai have recorded the highest number of deaths caused by COVID-19, followed by G-North ward, which includes areas like Dharavi, Dadar, and Mahim.
K-East ward is the most populous ward of Mumbai. From big factories, hotels, two airports, all of these fall in K-East Ward. The population of K-East Ward is close to 1.5 million.
Prashant Sapkal, K-East ward officer, told The Quint:
Sunil Yadav a councillor in BMC from K-East ward also said that the number of infected cases is increasing in the societies than in the slums.
There are oxygen beds in the COVID care centres or hospitals, but if the SPO2 level drops to 70, then the patient needs more ventilator, but there aren’t enough ventilators.
A Mumbai Mirror report claimed that out of 1,413 ICUs in Mumbai, only 125 ICU beds are vacant.
(This article was originally published on Hindi Quint.)
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