Gurugram has 28 less containment zones in new list

GURUGRAM: With Covid-19 infection spread slowing in the city, 34 areas were removed from the list of containment zones on Saturday, but six new ones were added. With this reorganisation, the total number of zones came down from 100 to 72.
“Some of the containment zones that were sealed for 28 days did not see any new cases and so, were de-notified. While earlier in June, the average of daily cases crossed 200, now the average of daily cases has reduced to 100 or less than 100, which clearly shows the number of Covid cases are decreasing.The areas where five or more than five Covid cases were reported have been added to the list of containment zones,” said Dr MP Singh, who is the nodal officer for the containment zones in , Gurugram.
At present, there are 64 containment zones in the Gurugram block, and also two in Pataudi block and six in Sohna block
In some areas where entire blocks were sealed, smaller areas have been defined. For example, earlier, blocks A to H in DLF 1 and Silver Apartment in Phase 1 were containment zones but now, only houses 4 to 31, houses 4/16 to 5/5 in DLF Phase 1 and floors 3, 4, 5 in Silver Oak Apartment have been sealed. Similarly, J, K and L blocks in DLF 2 have been replaced by more specific areas like floors 16, 17, 18 of tower A in The Villa (DLF 2), houses 9/19 to 9/30, houses J5 to J16, houses J9/10 to J9/20, houses 6/6 to 6/16 in DLF 2.
Some of the other areas that have shed the containment zones tag are blocks B and C of Ardee City in Sector 52, H block in DLF 4, Nirvana Country in Sector 50, Lantana Street (Vatika City, Sector 49), tower 19 (Central Park) in Sector 48, block N and Block J in Mayfield Garden (Sector 50), towers C1, C2, C5, C7, B2 in Power Grid Apartments (Sector 43), Garden Estate Apartment in DLF 3, towers B, B2, D in Jalvayu Vihar (Sector 56), tower 8 in Orchid Petals (Sector 49), block A in South City 2, and tower 3 in Malibu Towne (Sector 47).
The last list of containment zones was announced on July 16. Since then, the city has added 1,816 cases.