Govt finalises list of containment zones as India nears toward end of 40-day lockdown

May 1, 2020

All districts of Delhi have been included in the Red Zone category. Maharashtra, the most affected state, has the highest number of Red Zones - 14 districts - among all states.

In Tamil Nadu, 12 districts fall under the Red Zones, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in West Bengal while nine each in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Rajasthan has eight Red Zones.

Assam has 30 Green Zone districts, the highest.

May 1, 2020

All districts in Delhi, 14 in Maharashtra declared red zones

The health ministry has finalised the list of containment zones and divided the states and districts into different categories according to the COVID-19 situation in these areas.

Consulting the state governments and the chief secretaries of the states, the health ministry has decided to put all metro cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, in the Red Zone. The Red Zone cities also include Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad.

The districts have been divided into three categories Red Zone, Orange Zone and Green Zone.

All metro cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, in 'Red' zone category

After a detailed discussion with the state governments, the health ministry has decided to include all metro cities in the 'Red' zone category. The list will help the Centre devise a lock down exit plan post 3 May.

As per the list, 130 districts fall under the Red Zones, 284 in the Orange Zones and 319 in Green Zones. A district will fall under the Green Zone if it has either not reported any confirmed case so far or not reported a single case in the last 21 days.

May 1, 2020

Dists classified into categories after assessment of recovery rate: Health Ministry

Health Secretary Preeti Sudan noted that districts were earlier re-designated as hotspots/red zones, orange zones and green zones, primarily based on the cumulative cases reported and the doubling rate.

Since recovery rates have gone up, the districts are now being designated across various zones, duly broad-basing the criteria.

This classification is multi-factorial and takes into consideration incidence of cases, doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback to classify the districts.