COVID-19: All Metros Designated Under Red Zone by Centre for lockdown after May 3

As the 40-day nationwide lockdown nears an end on May 4, India plans a staggered exit from the lockdown. The Union health ministry has split 733 districts across India into red, orange, and green zones, designating all metropolitan cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad) into the ‘no activity’ zone even after the lockdown ends on May 3.

According to the list, there are 130 red zones, where more stringent restrictions will be enforced post-May 3. However, there will be partial easing in orange zones and liberal easing in green zones.

Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have the maximum number of red zones at 19 and 14 respectively, followed by Tamil Nadu at 12 and all of Delhi’s 11 districts have been marked as ‘no activity’ zones.

Among Mumbai’s suburbs, Thane, Palghar, and Mumbai suburban have been designated as red zones. Other districts in Maharashtra in this category are Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Solapur, Yavatmal, Aurangabad, Satara, Dhule, Akola, Jalgaon, and Raigad.

Here’s the full list accessed by CNN-News18:

In Uttar Pradesh, Delhi’s NCR region, Gautam Buddha Nagar, has been marked as the red zone.    Ghaziabad is in the orange category.  Lucknow, Agra, Saharanpur, Kanpur Nagar, Moradabad, Firozabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, Bijnor, Amroha, Sant Kabir Nagar, Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Mathura, and Bareilly.

Delhi’s other NCR, Gurgaon has been marked in the orange zone.

India recorded the largest single-day jump of 1,993 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the total to 35,043 cases, including 1,147 deaths, the Union Health Ministry.

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