Tamil Nadu Red Zone List (Update): Get full list of Red, Orange and Green Zone Districts (Chennai, Coimbatore Containment Zone) List Here

Tamil Nadu Red Zone List (Update): Tamil Nadu has been one of the worst hit states in India with COVID-19. As on 1^st May, the total number of Coronavirus positive cases in Tamil Nadu has crossed the 2300 mark with 27^th Deaths being reported from across the state. With rising number of cases, the state government has pulled up district-level administration and demarcated cluster containment zones, to curb the further spread of disease. According to the latest update shared by Union Health Ministry, out of the total 37 Districts in Tamil Nadu, 12 Districts have been identified as Red Zone Districts, 24 Districts have been kept as Orange Zone while only 1 single district i.e. Krishnagiri has been termed as Green Zone.

Get complete list of Tamil Nadu Red, Orange and Green Zone Districts including COVID-19 containment zones in Chennai and Coimbatore Here. 

Tamil Nadu COVID-19 Hotspot Districts

As per the latest media reports, with the consistent rise in the number of Coronavirus cases in the state, the total number districts that are declared as COVID-19 Hotspots have also grown substantially.

Tamil Nadu Red Zone Districts

Red Zone Districts are areas from where COVID-19 cases are reported regularly and that too in clusters. These are the districts where the threat of Coronavirus spread is the highest and therefore, strictest lockdown measures and social distancing guidelines are implemented here. In Tamil Nadu, 12 districts have been identified as Red Zone Districts, which include metropolitan areas such as Chennai and Madurai.

Tamil Nadu Orange Zone Districts

Orange Zone, also known as Buffer Zone districts, are the areas from where COVID-19 cases were reported in past, but have not been identified recently. Typically, if a district doesn’t report any fresh case of Coronavirus infection in 14 days, it is placed in Orange Zone bucket. Tamil Nadu has 24 districts that are identified as Orange Zone.

Green Zone District in Tamil Nadu

Green Zone districts are the areas where no COVID-19 or coronavirus infection case has been reported in last 28 days. As per health ministry guidelines, only one state i.e. Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu falls in this category.

COVID-19 Hotspots in Chennai, Coimbatore and other Urban Areas

With increasing number of cases being reported from metropolitan areas and urban centres, the respective district administrations and Municipal corporations have further identified the containment areas within their limits. According to media reports, Chennai currently has 13 urban zones that have been designed as COVID-19 hotspots, while Coimbatore has 10 urban and 8 rural COVID-19 red zones. On similar lines, Thanjavur has reported 3 urban and 6 rural containment zones, while Tiruchirapalli has 3 urban and 7 rural containment zones. The detailed list for COVID-19 Hotspots in Chennai, Coimbatore and other Urban Areas is available below:

Coronavirus Red Zones / Hotspots in Chennai

As mentioned above, the Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation has identified 15 urban clusters and 198 areas within them from where the maximum number COVID-19 cases have been reported. Majority of these hotspots are located in the northern Chennai region where areas like Roypauram and Tondiarpet are located. The complete list of COVID-19 Containment Zones in Chennai is given below:

As currently, the situation around COVID-19 in the state is fluid, the number of Containment zones provided above may change regularly. Therefore, citizens are also download the Greater Chennai Corporation’s official Corona Monitoring Mobile App to get real time updates about COVID-19 Red Zones in Chennai.

Coronavirus Hotspots in Coimbatore

Going by the official update, there are around 18 containment zones in Coimbatore district. Of these, 10 are in urban areas within the limits of the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation while the rest 8 are in rural areas. The list of COVID-19 Hotspots within the limits of Coimbatore Municipal Corporation provided by the corporation via twitter, are as follows:

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