New twist: Five die after recovery and discharge in Dharavi

A new Covid-19 dimension unfolded in Dharavi on Friday as BMC officials on routine calls to recovered patients discovered that five of them had died since their discharge. The victims had completed their 14-day hospital stay over a month ago. The death toll in Dharavi—the worst-hit slum in the city with 808 positive cases, having added 25 new patients on Friday— now stands at 26. BMC officials refused to comment on the possibility of reinfection and said they would study the deaths.​