A toal of 733 districts across the nation has been classified into red zones, orange zones and green zones by the health ministry dependending on the number of coronavirus cases in these districts as the country nears towards the end of an extended lockdown. The ministry has put all the major metro cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad into red zones, which mean they will remain so even when the lockdown ends on May 3.
The government has also conveyed that stricter to stricter measures will be taken in these red zones in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. Already, two major cities Mumbai and Delhi, both have high numbers of coronavirus cases. Mumbai has over 5,000 while Delhi stands over 3,500 confirmed cases.
Karnataka is also one state which has over 500 positive coronavirus cases including 21 deaths while 229 have recovered. As per the health ministry, the state has three districts which have been indentified as red zones, 13 as organge and 14 have been declared as green zones with no coronavirus cases. Below is the complete list:
Red zones in Karnataka
- Bengaluru Urban
- Mysuru
- Bengaluru Rural
Orange Zones in Karnataka
- Belagavi
- Vijayapura
- Kalaburagi
- Bagalkote
- Mandya
- Ballari
- Dharwad
- Dakshina Kannada
- Bidar
- Chikkaballapura
- Gadag
- Uttara Kannada
- Tumakuru
Green zones in Karnataka
- Davangere
- Udupi
- Chamarajanagara
- Chikkamagaluru
- Chitradurga
- Hassan
- Haveri
- Kodagu
- Kolar
- Koppa I
- Raichur
- Shivamogga
- Ramanagara
- Yadgir
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