Earlier today, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced the Red and Green Zone Districts of the country. The classification will hold good for a week after May 3rd. As per the notification, there are 130 Red Zone districts in the country, while 284 districts fall in the Orange Zone and 319 in the Green Zone. The classification has been done based on the number of active cases, doubling rate, and the extent of testing.
Lockdown extended for two more weeks
In a notification released a few hours ago, the lockdown in the country has been extended until May 17th. The second phase of the lockdown is set to conclude on May 3rd.
Metropolitan Cities included in Red Zones
Metropolitan cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru have been designated as red zones in the classification. The classification was announced following a video-conference chaired by the Cabinet Secretary with the Chief Secretaries and the Health Secretaries of all the states on April 30th.
Union Health Secry Preeti Sudan writes to Chief Secys of all states/UTs, designating dists across all states/UTs as Red, Orange & Green Zones.
Since recovery rates have gone up, distritcs are now being designated across various zones duly broad-basing the criteria: Preeti Sudan pic.twitter.com/WjVZPJXl5q
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2020
A red zone is classified based on the number of active cases, doubling rate, extent of testing, and surveillance feedback from the districts. A district is demarcated as a green zone if there are no cases found in that particular district in the last 21 days. Districts that do not fall in either of these zones will be tagged as green zones.
While states will be allowed to graduate a particular district as a higher zone ( ie. from green to red ), they will not be allowed to lower the classification. The classifications will be updated on a weekly basis.
Karnataka to have 3 Red Zones
While Bengaluru Urban and Mysuru are in Red Zone, there are 13 Orange Zones and 14 Green Zones in Karnataka. Bengaluru Rural is the other Red Zone in the state. Here is the classification in the state:
Source: Times of India
