Overview
- A 64-year-old man treated at Bombay Hospital died Monday, with local reports placing the toll at at least nine and some accounts at 23, while the administration has confirmed seven deaths.
- Health teams report 4,827 people screened since December 29, with 434 hospital admissions, 395 discharges, and 39 patients still under care including 10 in intensive care.
- Civic officials say contamination stemmed from a leak in a main drinking-water pipeline near a police outpost at a site where a toilet was constructed.
- The administration is working to restore safe tap service within three days as residents queue for tanker supplies and turn to boiling or bottled water.
- Authorities have disbursed ₹2 lakh each to 18 families, and hospitals continue treating severe diarrhoea and dehydration cases linked to the outbreak.