Mumbai: Breakup Ward-Wise shows 36% of the case of Active Covid-19 in a city that continues to be limited to five suburban wards of Mumbai, which includes Andheri, Vile Parle East, Borivli, Kandivli and Bhandup.
Cases in five wards totaling 1,898 compared to 5,267 on July 27, 2020.
Meanwhile, A, B and C, three wards in South Mumbai consisting of areas of Colaba to Bhuleshwar, currently has the least cases; B Ward (Dongri) only has eight active cases, according to Civic data.
K-West and K-Timur, on the other hand, are two wards who have the highest concentration of active cases even when the second wave is at its peak in May this year.
At present, the active case in the K-West Ward, which includes the parts of Andheri West, Juhu and Oshiwara, a total of 467 while K-East, consisting of parts of Andheri, Jogeshwari and Vile Parle East, have 314 officials say this has Many things related to the big population of these two wards.
“Both of these wards have a large population ranging from seven and eight lakh, respectively.
As a comparison, the environment is like A, B and C with fewer cases having a population under two lakh, if someone goes with a census data,” said an official citizenship.
One reason for the high number of cases in K-East is an airporthouse cargo operation, Marol police camp and SEEPZ, who have seen fewer restrictions, considering this included in the important category.
According to the 2011 census, a ward has a 1.85 lakh population while K-East has 8.2 lakh and K-West 7.5 lakh.
Marol residents and activists Godfrey Pimenta said that the implementation of restrictions was loose on the ground.
“Hawkers and shops are operated all day without restrictions in several regions.
This defeats the entire goal of restrictions, allowing stores to operate only until 4pm, because people continue to step after making a purchase,” said Pimenta.
36% of Covid active cases at 5 Mumbai wards
