As many as 78 districts have not reported any fresh cases during the past 14 days, pushing them into orange zones India has reduced the number of red zones, which have a high number of covid-19 cases, from 170 on 15 April to 158 on Thursday, though the number of cases are increasing continuously.
The country had put districts into red, orange and green categories to facilitate containment efforts. Red zones signify areas with a large number of cases, while orange are areas where no case has been reported for the past 14 days.
Green zones are areas where no case has been reported for 28 days. Eight districts have not had a fresh case in the past 28 days or more, thus putting them in the green zone, according to Lav Agarwal, joint secretary,