Containment zones in Delhi soar to 158 after 11 new areas added to list

This rise in Delhi’s containment zones came as the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the Capital surged past the 22,000-mark, as per the Delhi government’s daily health bulletin.

The number of containment zones in Delhi has gone up to 158 and 58 zones have been de-contained till date, news agency ANI reported citing government data on Wednesday.

A view from above as business resumes in Khari Baoli wholesale market in New Delhi, on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

This came as the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the Capital surged past the 22,000-mark, as per the Delhi government’s daily health bulletin.

South-West and North districts have the highest number of containment zones at 31 each and West district has 30. The South-East district has 27 containment zones while the South district has 26 zones.

The East district has 17 containment zones, North-West district has 15 containment zones and New Delhi district has 14 zones. The Central and Shahdara districts have 10 zones each.

North-East district has the least number of containment zones at five.

Delhi had reported 1,298 new cases of the Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases reported in the city so far to 22,312, as per the Delhi government’s daily health bulletin.

The number of new cases shot up again after a slight dip on Monday, when Delhi added 990 patients to its tally.