These are the 130 coronavirus red zones in India — which are unlikely to open even after the lockdown ends

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• Most of the major metro cities in India including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata are classified as red zones.
• Uttar Pradesh constitutes the highest number of red zones at 19, followed by Tamil Nadu which has 12 red zones.
  
• Whereas, all of 11 districts in Delhi were classified as red zones.
  

India’s Health Ministry on May 1 identified 130 red zones in the country which includes most of the major metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru.

Uttar Pradesh constitutes the highest number of red zones at 19, followed by Tamil Nadu which has 12 red zones. Whereas, all of 11 districts in Delhi were classified as red zones.

The red zones — regions where a large number of clusters of cases were witnessed — are going to witness no activity.

The Ministry of Health identified 284 orange zones and 319 green zones across the country, as on April 30. Moreover, these zones might not open even after lockdown ends on May 3.

“The list will be revised on a weekly basis or earlier and communicated to states for further follow-up action in consonance with the directions issued by Ministry of Home Affairs under the Disaster Management Act, 2005," Sudan said in the letter.

All the 130 red zones in India, as on April 30


The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,147 with 72 more fatalities and the number of cases climbed to 35,043 in the country on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said.


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