Delhi's Covid-19 Containment Zones Grow To 100 As Positive Cases Breach 3,300-Mark

The national capital has witnessed 100 containment zones in just a month. The most number of zones have been identified in the South-East district (21) with a new red zone listed on Tuesday.

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New Delhi: The national capital has witnessed 100 containment zones in just a month. Highest zones have been identified in the South-East district (21) with a new red zone listed on Tuesday. According to the Delhi government, House numbers 152 to 162 in D-Block in Shaheen Bagh has been made a new containment zone on Tuesday. In just a month, the tally has reached 101. One red zone in East Delhi's Vasundhara Enclave was de-contained last week, taking the total active containment zones to 100. On March 26, J and K, L and H pockets of Dilshad Garden and G, H, J, Blocks, old Seemapuri became the first two containment zones of the city, now counted as one on the Delhi government's list of containment zones. By April 8, there were 20 red zones in the city. While the South-East district has the highest 21 red zones, the South district has 14 red zones. The North-West district has just three containment zones, and the North-East has five containment zones. As per official sources, while no new cases have been reported from a number of containment zones, many of them have been reporting more cases. After an area is declared as a containment zone, the Delhi government starts its 'Operation SHIELD' there. The abbreviation stands for Sealing, Home Quarantine, Isolation and Tracking, Essential Supply, Local Sanitisation and Door-To-Door Checking. These are the practices are that carried out to contain the spread of coronavirus in the area. In this operation, authorities completely shut the movement of common people and ensure that essential supplies reach residents. The area and the houses in it are sanitized properly. According to the Delhi government, Operation SHIELD initially helped in stopping the transmission of coronavirus in Dilshad Garden and Old Seemapuri as no new cases have been reported in the areas. On Tuesday, Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal directed all the district magistrates in the city to implement the micro-containment zone strategy in their districts. Baijal directed for sealing smaller clusters instead of bigger areas to check the movement of the people inside the zones. Watch: Delhi police appoint 'Yamraj' to generate awareness against Coronavirus