Wayanad removed from green zone after reporting one case

Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 (): After remaining free of any positive cases for a month, Wayanad reported a loneCOVID-19 case on Saturday, following which the district wasshifted from the green to the orange zone, Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan said.The other positive case in the state was from Kannur,which has the highest number of cases at present.

With the fresh cases,the tally in the state stood at 499.

No positive cases were detected in the state on Friday.

"There are only two positive cases in the state today. But one is from Wayanad where since the past one month no positive cases have been reported.

So Wayanad has been removed from thegreen to the orange zone," Vijayan told reporters here.

Samples of 8 people - six from Kannur and two from Idukkihave returned negative.

There are 80 hotspots, including 23 in Kannur, 11 eachin Idukki and Kottayam. Alappuzha and Thrissur have been brought under green zoneas no new positive cases have been reported for the past 21days, while Kannur and Kottayam will continue in the red zone.

Vijayan made it clear that liquor shops, malls, beautyparlours and barber shops will continue to remain shut in thestate.

Green zone stands for districtswith zero confirmed casestill date or districts with no confirmed cases in the last 21days,while red zone comprises districts popularly known ashotspots and is based on number of active cases.

Orange zone comprises districts falling neither underthe green or red zone category. UD BNWELCOME BNWELCOME