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Lockdown 3.0: Full list of Red, Orange and Green Zone Districts Here; COVID-19 Lockdown Extended till 17 May
Coronavirus Lockdown
3.0: MHA i.e. the Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the national lockdown by two more weeks i.e. from 4th May to 17th May, to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. To faciliate the lockdown and to allow some easing of restrictions, the country has been divided into three zones i.e. Red Zone, Orange Zone and Green Zone. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Affairs has come out with list of states and districts designated as Red/Orange/Green zones for COVID-19 containment after lockdown extension. The Ministry considered India's Coronavirus recovery rate while designating the districts as Red Zones or Hotspots or Orange/Green zones. In this article, we have shared below the complete state-wise list of districts classified as COVID-19 containment zones along with the list of key districts that will be lockdown beyond May 3, 2020
Highlights of the New List of Red/Orange/Green Zones
- 130 districts are designated as Red Zone, 284 as Orange Zone and 319 as Green Zone.
- Districts will be classified as a Green Zone if there is no COVID-19 positive case in last 21 days.
- Red Zone: Almost all the Metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad are identified as Red Zones or Coronavirus Hotspots.
- Districts designated as Green Zone: 20 in UP, 25 in Chhattisgarh, 24 in Madhya Pradesh, 25 in Arunachal Pradesh, 21 in Odisha, and 10 in Uttarakhand
- Districts designated as Orange Zone: 16 in Maharashtra, 36 in UP, 20 in Bihar, 19 in Rajasthan, 15 in Punjab, 24 in Tamil Nadu, 19 in Madhya Pradesh
- The maximum number of districts under Green Zone fall in Assam, that is 30 districts.
- Haryana's Gurugram fall under Orange Zone, whereas Faridabad is in Red Zone.
- Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, Prayagraj, Hapur, Baghpat, Shamli fall under Orange Zone.
Number of Districts identified as Red Zones in Key States
State
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Number of Districts under Red Zone
|
Delhi
|
11
|
Maharashtra
|
14
|
Tamil Nadu
|
12
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
19
|
West Bengal
|
10
|
Gujarat
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
9
|
Rajasthan
|
8
|
Which all districts or states will remain in lockdown after May 3?
- Districts designated as Red Zone will remain in lockdown after 3 May till 17 May
- All metro cities will remain in Lockdown beyond May 3. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad are identified as Red Zones.
- In Delhi, Southeast, Central, North, South Northeast, West, Shahdara, East, New Delhi, Northwest, Southwest districts will remain in lockdown.
- Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of Red Zones - 19, followed by Maharashtra that has 14 Red Zones.
- Uttar Pradesh districts like Gautam Buddha Nagar, Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Raibareili, Saharanpur and Aligarh are identified under Red Zone. These districts will remain in lockdown.
Have a look at state-wise number of districts that may be in lockdown after 3 May:
State
|
Number of Districts
|
Name
|
Delhi
|
11
|
Southeast, Central, North, South, Northeast, West, Shahdara, East, New Delhi, Northwest, Southwest
|
Bihar
|
5
|
Munger, Patna, Rohtas, Buxar, Gaya
|
Maharashtra
|
14
|
Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Nashik, Palghar, Nagpur, Solapur, Yavatmal, Aurangabad, Satara, Dhule, Akola, Jalgaon, Mumbai Suburban
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
19
|
Agra, Lucknow, Saharanpur, Kanpur, Moradabad, Firozabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), Bulandshahr, Meerut, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, Bijnor, Amroha, Sant Kabeer Nagar, Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Mathura, Bareilly
|
Tamil Nadu
|
12
|
Chennai, Madurai, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Chengalpattu, Thiruvallur, Tiruppur, Ranipet, Virudhunagar, Thiruvarur, VeIIore, Kanchipuram
|
Full List of Districts Classified as Red/Orange/Green Zones
Classification of the Districts - State-wise
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State
|
Red Zone
|
Orange Zone
|
Green Zone
|
Total
|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
13
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
25
|
25
|
Assam
|
0
|
3
|
30
|
33
|
Bihar
|
5
|
20
|
13
|
38
|
Chandigarh
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1
|
1
|
25
|
27
|
Dadra And Nagar Haveli
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Daman And Diu
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Delhi
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
Goa
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Gujarat
|
9
|
19
|
5
|
33
|
Haryana
|
2
|
18
|
2
|
22
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
Jammu And Kashmir
|
4
|
12
|
4
|
20
|
Jharkhand
|
1
|
9
|
14
|
24
|
Karnataka
|
3
|
13
|
14
|
30
|
Kerala
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
14
|
Ladakh
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
9
|
19
|
24
|
52
|
Maharashtra
|
14
|
16
|
6
|
36
|
Manipur
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
16
|
Meghalaya
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
11
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
Odisha
|
3
|
6
|
21
|
30
|
Puducherry
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
Punjab
|
3
|
15
|
4
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
8
|
19
|
6
|
33
|
Sikkim
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
Tamil Nadu
|
12
|
24
|
1
|
37
|
Telangana
|
6
|
18
|
9
|
33
|
Tripura
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
19
|
36
|
20
|
75
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
2
|
10
|
13
|
West Bengal
|
10
|
5
|
8
|
23
|
Total
|
130
|
284
|
319
|
733
|
What are Red/Orange/Green Zones?
Red Zone: Districts that have reported high number of Coronavirus cases or districts with doubling rate of cases are identified as Red Zones or Coronavirus Hotspots or Containment Zones.
Orange Zone: Districts which have reported a few cases of COVID-19 in the past with no new cases in last 14 days are identified as Orange Zones
Green Zone: Districts that have reported no new cases of novel Coronavirus in last 21 days are designated as Green Zones.
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