Coronavirus Hotspots in Karnataka, Bengaluru: According to the latest reports, 16 districts in Karnataka have been identified as Coronavirus hotspots. Also, several areas in the capital have been announced as Coronavirus containment zones where complete lockdown and aggressive restrictions have been implemented to avoid further spread of the disease. The latest update reveals that 8 districts of Karnataka have been declared as Red Zone or hotspots form where the majority of state’s COVID-19 affected patients have been reported. Similarly, 10 districts have been declared as green zones as nearly no cases of Coronavirus infection have been reported from these areas.
To help keep citizens appraised about the latest updates on Bengaluru COVID-19 cases, the BBMP i.e. Bengaluru Municipal Corporation has launched a war room. The war room has identified over 38 wards within Bengaluru limits that are declared as containment zones or red zones. Get complete list here.
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How COVID-19 hotspot decided?
According to the containment guidelines released by the Health Ministry for large outbreaks, an area from where either one person has tested positive on or after 11th April 2020 or which has at least 50 contacts of a COVID-19 positive patient residing in the same place, can be declared as a Coronavirus hotspot or containment zone.
Coronavirus Hotspots in Karnataka
According to the list released by the union health ministry, a total of 8 districts from the state have been identified as COVID-19 hotspots from where a number of coronavirus infection cases have been reported. Based on the above definition of COVID-19 hotspot / containment zone, the central government announced the following 8 districts of Karnataka as hotspots:
- Bengaluru Urban
- Mysuru
- Belagavi
- Dakshina Kannada
- Bidar
- Kalaburugi
- Bagalkot
- Dharward
This leaves the following 10 districts as Green zone or non-containment zone from where very less Covid19 positive cases have been reported since 11th April 2020.
- Chamrajnagar
- Chikmagalur
- Hassan
- Haveri
- Kolar
- Koppala
- Raichur
- Ramanagar
- Shimoga
- Yadgiri
Karnataka COVID-19 Cases: Cluster-wise Classification of Districts
To further help citizens understand the difference between the red, orange and green zones for COVID-19 containment plan; the state government has released a cluster-wise classification of the same. According to this classification, the following are COVID-19 hotspots, cluster hotspots, non-hotspot areas and green zones.
| Hotspot Districts | Cluster Hotspot Districts | Non Hotspot Districts | Green Districts |
| Bengaluru Urban | Kalaburugi | Mandya | Chikkamagalur |
| Mysuru | Bagalkot | Bengaluru Rural | Ramanagar |
| Belagavi | Dakshina Kannada | Ballari | Hassan |
| Dharwad | Davanagere | Chamarajanagar | |
| Bidar | Udupi | Kolar | |
| Gadag | Raichur | ||
| Tumakuru | Koppala | ||
| Kodagu | Yadgiri |
Hotspot Towns within COVID-19 Containment Zones / Districts
At the state-level, to further identify the areas from where Coroanvirus infections are being reported, the state government has also released town-wise list of COVID-19 hotspots within the identified districts. This list helps one take a closer look at the areas from where maximum number of infections have been reported from the district. This also helps the administration in the containment strategy, as now they do not have to seal or contain the complete district but only few limited towns or areas within them to contain the spread of COVID-19.
| Hotspot In Karnataka – Town-Wise List | |
| District | Hotspot Towns |
| Belagavi | Belagavi |
| Bagalkot | Bagalokot |
| Bidar | Bidar |
| Kalaburgi | Kalaburugi |
| Wadi | |
| Shahabad | |
| Basavakalyana | |
| Mysuru | Mysuru |
| Nanjanagud | |
| Mandya | Mandya |
| Malavalli | |
| Vijayapura | Vijayapura |
| Mudhol | |
| Jamakhandi | |
Bengaluru COVID-19 Hotspot List: Get complete List of Bangalore Containment Zones
To help keep citizens updated about the latest development on the topic of COVID-19 spread in the Bangalore city, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has also idenfied Bengaluru COVID-19 Hotspot within its jurisdictional limits. According to the list released by BBMC, a total of 38 wards from Bangalore have been declared as containment zone for COVID-19. These include:
| Sr No | BBMP Ward Name |
| 1 | Adugodi |
| 2 | Aramane Nagar |
| 3 | Bapuji Nagar (sealed) |
| 4 | Begur |
| 5 | Byatarayanapura |
| 6 | CV Raman Nagar |
| 7 | Chikkalasandra |
| 8 | Chinnasandra |
| 9 | Domlur |
| 10 | Garudachar Palya |
| 11 | Goruguntepalya |
| 12 | HSR Layout |
| 13 | Hoodi |
| 14 | Hemmigepura |
| 15 | Hombegowda Nagar |
| 16 | Hoysala Nagar |
| 17 | Horamavu |
| 18 | JC Nagar |
| 19 | JP Nagar |
| 20 | Jnana Bharathi |
| 21 | Katriguppe |
| 22 | Konanakunte |
| 23 | Madiwala |
| 24 | Malleshwaram |
| 25 | Maruthi Seva Nagar |
| 26 | Nagapura |
| 27 | Padarayanapura (sealed) |
| 28 | Radhakrishna Temple |
| 29 | Rajarajeshwari Nagar |
| 30 | Ramaswamy Palya |
| 31 | Sampangiramanagar |
| 32 | Sanjaynagar |
| 33 | Shakambari Nagar |
| 34 | Suddaguntepalya |
| 35 | Sudhama Nagar |
| 36 | Thanisandra |
| 37 | VV Puram |
| 38 | Vasanth Nagar |
Restrictions applicable in COVID-19 hotspot or Coronavirus Containment areas
The Union Health Ministry has directed the state governments to identify and declare areas within their states as COVID-19 hotspots and containment zones to restrict the spread of COVID-19 to other areas. The areas declared as Coronavirus hotspots will see aggressive containment measures being implement, which will see restrictions on movement of people and vehicles as well as door to door screening process to identify asymptomatic cases and potential carriers. The restrictions applicable on COVID-19 hotspot are as follows:
- Restrictions on movement of people and vehicles
- Door to door screening of people for COVID-19 / Influenza like Illness symptoms
- Patients to be put under home isolation under strict watch
- Patients to be moved to hospital based isolation in critical cases
- Regular announcement in containment zone and buffer zone to explain symptoms and welcome people to come forward if they have them
- Setting up of medical camps
- Complete sanitization of area from where cases are found
