Citing "significant gains" of the ongoing restriction across the country, the Union Home Ministry on Friday extended the countrywide lockdown for a further period of two weeks with effect from May 4 to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.
The third phase of the lockdown will continue till May 17, and was announced ahead of the lockdown 2.0 ending on May 3. The government took the decision after a comprehensive review, and in view of the lockdown measures having led to significant gains in the Covid-19 situation in the country, it said.
Three districts of Karnataka- Bengaluru urban, Mysuru and Bengaluru rural- figure in the red zone, according to the list released by the Centre. In Karnataka of the total 30 districts, 3 districts are in red zone, 13 in orange and 14 in green, it said.
Full list of Red, Orange and Green Zones in Karnataka:
Red Zone:
Bengaluru Urban
Mysuru
Bengaluru Rural
Orange Zone:
Belagavi
Vijayapura
Kalaburagi
Bagalkote
Mandya
Ballari
Dharwad
Dakshina Kannada
Bidar
Chikkaballapura
Gadag
Uttara Kannada
Tumakuru
Green Zone:
Davangere
Udupi
Chamarajanagara
Chikkamagaluru
Chitradurga
Hassan
Haveri
Kodagu
Kolar
Koppa
Raichur
Shivamogga
Ramanagara
Yadgir
