Chandigarh, May 1, 2020: Based on COVID 19 vulnerability assessment, Government of India has made a list of 130 red districts, 284 orange and 319 green districts.
17.7 per cent of all 733 districts of India are in the red zone; 38.7 per cent in orange and a significant 43.5 per cent in the green zone.
The Green Zones will be districts with either zero confirmed cases till date; or, no confirmed case in the last 21 days. The classification of districts as Red Zones will take into account the total number of active cases, doubling rate of confirmed cases, extent of testing and surveillance feedback from the districts. Those districts, which are neither defined as Red nor Green, shall be classified as Orange zones.
The northern region covering Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal, JK and Ladakh has 10 red districts, 41 orange and 15 green districts.
▪ Chandigarh has been retained in the red hotspot zone where active containment and lockdown conditions will continue beyond May 3, as in other red districts.
▪ Punjab has three red districts — Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana; 15 Orange districts (SAS Nagar, Pathankot, Mansa, Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Faridkot, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Moga, Gurdaspur, Barnala); Three green districts (Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Bathinda).