New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A day after the central government extended the nationwide lockdown till May 17, the Delhi government on Saturday said that all the 11 districts of the national capital will remain under red zone up till the same period.
Speaking to the media, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, “In all the 11 districts of Delhi there are more than 10 cases, so all of them come under Red Zone.”
“The services defined by the government for red zone will be allowed,” he added.
The minister’s statement came a day after the Union Health Ministry divided all the districts across India into red, orange and green zones.
The 11 districts in Delhi — South-East, Central, North, South, North-East, West, Shahdara, East, New Delhi, North-West, South-West — have containment zones and positive Covid-19 cases.
Among all the districts, South-East has the highest positive cases and also the highest containment zones. With 1,571 positive cases, the South-East district has 20 active containment zones.
On the other hand, the North-West district has the least — three — containment zones. In terms of cases, North-East and South-West have the least number of positive cases, both having 66 each.
On Saturday, according to union health ministry, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Delhi is 3,738 with 61 deaths.
–IANS
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