<p>Two more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Dharavi, taking the total number of such cases in the slum area here to seven, a civic official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updatestotal-number-of-cases-in-india-exceeds-4000-death-toll-crosses-125-817763.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>The two men, aged 80 and 49 years, hail from Dr Baliga Nagar locality of Dharavi and are close contacts of a 30- year-old woman who earlier tested positive for coronavirus, the official said.</p>.<p>Earlier, four others from Dharavi had also tested positive for the disease.</p>.<p>One of them, a 56-year-old man died while undergoing treatment at a hospital on April 1.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-7-822289.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>Four Dharavi localities - Dr Baliga Nagar, Vaibhav apartment, Mukund Nagar and Madina Nagar - have been demarcated as containment zones and civic officials have been regularly spraying disinfectants in those areas.</p>.<p>Dharavi is one of the biggest slums in Asia. A whopping 15 lakh people live in small shanties in Dharavi, making it one of the most congested areas of the city. </p>
<p>Two more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Dharavi, taking the total number of such cases in the slum area here to seven, a civic official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updatestotal-number-of-cases-in-india-exceeds-4000-death-toll-crosses-125-817763.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>The two men, aged 80 and 49 years, hail from Dr Baliga Nagar locality of Dharavi and are close contacts of a 30- year-old woman who earlier tested positive for coronavirus, the official said.</p>.<p>Earlier, four others from Dharavi had also tested positive for the disease.</p>.<p>One of them, a 56-year-old man died while undergoing treatment at a hospital on April 1.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-7-822289.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>Four Dharavi localities - Dr Baliga Nagar, Vaibhav apartment, Mukund Nagar and Madina Nagar - have been demarcated as containment zones and civic officials have been regularly spraying disinfectants in those areas.</p>.<p>Dharavi is one of the biggest slums in Asia. A whopping 15 lakh people live in small shanties in Dharavi, making it one of the most congested areas of the city. </p>