As India reported a surge in Covid-19 cases and two more deaths on Sunday, the Centre and state governments have decided to completely lock down 75 districts across the country where coronavirus cases have been reported. Here is the complete list of 75 districts under lockdown due to Covid-19.
New Delhi, March 22:
The government on Sunday announced an unprecedented lockdown of 75 districts in the country in order to combat the threat of novel coronavirus. he Centre identified 75 districts where novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, cases have been reported and the recommended that they be placed under lockdown.
It has also been decided to suspend the interstate bus services till March 31, officials said.
“In view of the need to contain the spread of the deadly Covid-19, it was agreed that there was an urgent need to extend the restrictions on the movement of non-essential passenger transport, including interstate transport buses till March 31,” a Union Home Ministry official said.
The stricter measures to control the virus spread came as the Health Ministry said at least 360 people have been infected by Covid-19 across the country, the highest 74 reported from Maharashtra.
The districts where lockdown was announced are from states that include Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The Centre has identified the following districts for a lockdown:
STATE/UT DISTRICT
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Andhra Pradesh |
Prakasam, Vijaywada, Vizag |
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Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
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Chhattisgarh |
Raipur |
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Delhi |
Central, East Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi |
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Gujarat |
Kutchh, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodra, Ahmedabad |
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Haryana |
Faridabad, Sonepat, Panchkula, Panipat, Gurugram |
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Himachal Pradesh |
Kangra |
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UT of J&K |
Srinagar, Jammu |
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Karnataka |
Bangalore, Chikkaballapura, Mysore, Kodagu, Kalaburgi |
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Kerala |
Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasargod, Kottayam, Mallapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur |
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UT of Ladakh |
Kargil, Leh |
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Maharashtra |
Jabalpur, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Mumbai Suburban, Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane, Yavatmal |
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Odisha |
Khurda |
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Puducherry |
Mahe |
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Punjab |
Hoshiarpur, SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar |
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Rajasthan |
Bhilwara, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur |
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Tamil Nadu |
Chennai, Erode, Kanchipuram |
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Telangana |
Bhadradri Kothagudam, Hyderabad, Medchai, Rangareddy, Sangareddy |
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Uttar Pradesh |
Agra, GB Nagar, Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow |
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Uttarakhand |
Dehradun |
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West Bengal |
Kolkata, North 24 Parganas |
Courtesy: India Today
