NEW DELHI: The Centre has formulated a new list classifying 733 districts across the country as 130 red zones, 284 orange zones and 319 green zones to implement its Covid-19 containment strategy and enforce the third phase of the lockdown starting on May 4.
The data show 17.7% of all 733 districts are still in the red zone and 38.7% in orange with a significant 43.5% in the green zone.
However, all major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata, continue to be in the red zone.
The list comes along with fresh guidelines for monitoring containment and buffer zones with stricter measures like house-to-house surveillance and enhanced testing, apart from considering the actual number of cases and their doubling time.
The health ministry has written to all states asking them to demarcate the containment zones and restrict movement.
A district will now qualify as a green zone if there are no confirmed cases till date or no case reported in the last 21 days, according to the