The number of coronavirus hotspots or ‘red zones’ across India has fallen from 170 on April 15 to 130 on April 30, the government said on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of red zones followed by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. However, in the same period the number of ‘green zones’, or districts reporting no new COVID-19 case in the past 21 days, have decreased from 356 to 319.
Besides, the number of ‘orange zones’ has increased – from 207 to 284, as per a letter from the Union Health Ministry to the Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories, following a video conference on Thursday.
“It is critical to ensure necessary action for containment (in order) to break chain of transmission of virus in both red and orange zone districts reporting confirmed cases,” the letter read.
Here’s the full list of red, orange and green zones:
All States are accordingly requested to delineate the containment zones and buffer zones in the identified red and orange zone districts and notify the same: Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan pic.twitter.com/Vz3f4xbs6h
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2020
For dists having 1 or more municipal corporations, corporations&other areas of dists may be treated as separate units. If 1 or more of these have reported no cases for last 21 days,they can be considered 1 level lower in zonal classiflcation, if dist is in Red/Orange Zone:P Sudan pic.twitter.com/5tTkJcRWcH
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2020
In buffer zones, extensive surveillance for cases through monitoring of ILI/SARI cases in health facilities has to be taken up. States are requested to delineate the containment zones & buffer zones in the identified red and orange zone districts and notify the same: Preeti Sudan pic.twitter.com/4qFNmpySAV
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2020
In buffer zones, extensive surveillance for cases through monitoring of ILI/SARI cases in health facilities have to be taken up. States are requested to delineate the containment zones & buffer zones in the identified red and orange zone districts and notify the same.
The doubling rate of Coronavirus infections has also increased to 11 days from 3.4 days before lockdown, the government said.
Meanwhile, India on Friday, recorded the biggest single-day spike of 1,993 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections to 35,043 including 1,147 deaths.