The civic body has asked the ICMR to share the relevant data after the Union health minister said that Coronavirus RNA was found in sewage water of Mumbai. A genome sequencing report will give us a clear picture on the status of the virus and its strains in the city, and assist us in making strategies, if needed, to curb the spread, officials said on Sunday.

Requesting anonymity, a senior official of BMC’s health department said, “On Saturday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). In the meeting, it was revealed that the RNA of SARS-CoV-2 has been found in sewage samples from Delhi and Mumbai, and the positivity rate was high.