Updated list of containment zones in Visakhapatnam district

Visakhapatnam, on Thursday, witnessed its COVID-19 tally cross the 1000-mark. With 79 individuals testing positive in a single day, the total number of cases in the district rose to 1055. As the virus continues to spread in Visakhapatnam, the authorities have been demarcating containment zones across the district. Depending on the severity of the cases, the zones are being categorised under very active, active, and dormant clusters.

If a case has been reported in an area in the past six days, then the zone will be categorised under very active. If a COVID-19 case hasn’t been reported in a containment zone in the past 6-14 days, it comes under the active category. Likewise, if a containment zone doesn’t register a COVID-19 case in the past 14 days, the zone will be placed under the dormant category. Until Thursday, Visakhapatnam reported 92 very active, 92 active, and 52 dormant containment zones.

List of containment zones in Visakhapatnam:

Denotified Zones

Allipuram, Revidi, ITI Junction, MTC palem, Santhinagar, Railway New Colony, Rangireejuveedhi, Kunchamamba Colony, Komativeedhi, Chintalapalem, Madhavadhara, Chengalarao Peta, Gopalapatnam, Marripalem, Srinagar, KRM Colony, Pithapuram Colony, Simhadripuram, Vadlapudi (Gajuwaka), Sai Madhav Nagar, Appannapalem, Vepagunta, Priyadarshini Colony, Jagannadhapuram, SVP nagar, Kobbarithota, Gajula Street (Neelamma), Bailapudi (Cheedikada), Gavara Veedhi, Chittiboyinapalem