The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that all the districts in the country will be classified into three categories based on the occurrence of COVID-19 cases in each of them in order to efficiently manage the fight against coronavirus pandemic, which has afflicted more than 11,000 people so far.
Addressing the daily press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Aggarwal said, “The districts of the country will be classified into three categories – hotspot districts, non-hotspot districts with cases being reported from there and the green zone districts.”
“The Union Cabinet Secretary held a video conference today with all Chief Secretaries, DGPs, Health Secretaries, Collectors, SPs, Municipal Commissioners and CMOs where hotspots were discussed and orientation on field level implementation of containment strategy was given,” he added.
The health ministry official also said that a total of 170 districts have been identified with hotspots, while 207 have been identified as non-hotspots, while adding that Covid-19 hotspots and green zones have been identified after conducting door-to-door surveys. Places from where a high number of COVID-19 cases are being reported have been classified as ‘hotspots’.
Agarwal also said that states have been issued guidelines for dealing with Covid-19 hotspots across the country and special teams will search for new patients. He insisted that movement will not be allowed in the containment zones except those related to essential services.
He also reiterated that no community transmission has been noticed so far, though there have been some local outbreaks.
The Union Health Ministry also informed that the total number of confirmed cases in India is 11,933, while 392 people have succumbed to the disease and 1,344 people have been cured. A total of 1,076 cases have been added in the last 24 hours, said the Health Ministry.
He also said that the rate of recovery of coronavirus patients is gradually increasing and 11.41 per cent of patients have recovered from the disease, which accounted for a total of 1,344.
“We are focusing on following the proper protocol for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, especially people in the high-risk group and patients with comorbidities,” said Agarwal while emphasising on saving lives from the viral infection.