Managing CoViD-19 Pandemic in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India

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Samal, Priya Mendiratta This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8799985/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted 16 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The CoViD situation globally tested the efficacy of health infrastructure as well as the administrative management of urban areas. This study focuses on the impact of the CoViD-19 pandemic across the nine municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), one of the most densely populated regions of the world, with respect to their demography, new cases and casualties. While it is observed that the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) recorded the highest incidence of CoViD cases at 11.86% of its population; on the other hand, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), one of the largest municipal bodies in India, witnessed the lowest occurrence of CoViD cases, at 1.36% of its population. This is remarkable, considering that owing to its significant slum population, the BMC is particularly vulnerable to any pandemic. The study therefore converges to the spread of CoViD across different wards in Mumbai, one of the most populous municipal corporation jurisdictions in India, to understand the BMC's management strategies during the pandemic. For this GIS-based, ward-wise analysis of BMC, both spatial and temporal datasets were collected to examine and understand the spatial spread of CoViD in the city. The study revealed that despite relatively larger slum population in certain wards, both CoViD cases and deaths are relatively lower. Moreover, no significant correlation is observed, either between the number of cases, or deaths and the population density at the ward level. CoViD Mumbai GIS Slum Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 06 May, 2026 Reviews received at journal 25 Apr, 2026 Reviews received at journal 18 Apr, 2026 Reviews received at journal 15 Apr, 2026 Reviews received at journal 11 Apr, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 06 Apr, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 03 Apr, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 01 Apr, 2026 Reviews received at journal 16 Mar, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 16 Mar, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 11 Mar, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 11 Mar, 2026 Reviewers invited by journal 11 Mar, 2026 Editor assigned by journal 22 Feb, 2026 Submission checks completed at journal 20 Feb, 2026 First submitted to journal 20 Feb, 2026 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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