Nagpur out of red zone, Akola & Amravati continue

Nagpur: Fewer deaths and positive cases of Covid-19, and new guidelines of the central government has helped Nagpur district come out of red zone category after a long time. In Vidarbha, only Akola and Amravati continue to remain in red zone while the others have been categorized under the new non-red zone.
Like some other states in the country, Maharashtra has tweaked the guidelines of categories.Earlier, there were three categories — red, orange and green. In the notification issued by chief secretary Ajoy Mehta on Tuesday, the state will have only red and non-red zones.
With only seven deaths and 374 positive cases, of which only 95 remain active, in last 59 days, Nagpur district has received non-red zone category. This has resulted in more types of relaxations.
Over 86% of total cases are from Mominpura and Satranjipura due to aggressive containment model of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).
The relaxed rules, which will be implemented from May 22 and will remain in place till May 31, various types of non-essential shops like saloon, spa, private offices, government offices with 100% attendance, RTO registration etc can resume work. Wine shops, which were now giving home delivery, are also likely to open.
Referring to state’s new guidelines, municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and collector Ravindra Thakre will issue guidelines for city and Nagpur rural, respectively.
The centre’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) had credited the NMC’s aggressive containment zone model, various measures for fewer deaths and cases. ICMR’s new guidelines for discharging positive patients saw number of discharged persons swell to 272 with 132 in last four days. Apart from mortality, total cases, active cases are also taken into consideration for category.
As per NMC officials and experts, chances of rise in cases with non-red category, major relaxation in lockdown and new discharge policy cannot be ruled out. The NMC had prepared beds with large number of capacity.