Union Health Secretary said parameters such as active Covid-19 cases, cases per lakh population, doubling and fatality rates need to be followed by states and UTs while categorising areas into red, orange or green zones New Delhi: Centre on Sunday allowed states to demarcate red zones and shared critical parameters so that they can determine the areas to be undertaken for stringent containment measures.
As India on Sunday recorded highest 5,079 new cases taking the total tally to 95,705, Preeti Sudan, Union Health Secretary, on Sunday wrote a letter to the state chief secretaries explaining in detail the factors states would now need to determine when designating red zones for stringent containment.