Civic health authorities stated that two of the seven patients admitted to Kasturba Hospital, Chinchpokli have been tested positive for cholera.

As per reports, total seven blood samples were forwarded to the PCR laboratory for testing.

The outcomes of the culture examinations, which came out on Friday, confirmed the illness.

Dr. Shah said, "The two children whose samples tests are positive for cholera suffer from gastroenteritis cases and have mild cholera."

The report said that one of the kids has already been discharged from the hospital and the other will be discharged today.

The report added that Mumbai has also seen an increase in the cases of diarrhea and intestinal flu in some regions during in the last few days.

A physician from Bhabha Hospital stated, "We have been getting at least six to eight cases of diarrhoea and gastroenteritis since the last few days. The condition is better than 15 days back when 15 to 20 patients were being admitted everyday."

"We have referred eight paediatric cases of acute gastroenteritis to Kasturba so far," Dr. Ajit Kale, senior medical officer, Bhabha Hospital stated.

With the aim to put control over the growing cases, the BMC has up till now carried out 10 medical camps in different zones including Behrampada, Bharatnagar, Kherwadi and Government Colony in Bandra.

The outcomes of fifty water samples taken from these regions have not been declared yet.

Dr. Shah also said that 10 to 15 periodic cases of cholera each year is not a worrying situation.