Now, only 8 macro containment zones in district

Prayagraj: In a major relief for the residents of Sangam city, the number of macro containment zones has reduced to eight from its peak of 294 in the past 27 days.
The city reported a total of 77,852 Covid cases so far, of which 76,446 have recovered till June 1.
As many as 894 deaths have been recorded in the city so far.
As the city areas are being stricken off from the list of macro and micro containment zones, the economic activities are also resuming. Presently, the city has eight macro and 554 micro containment zones.
On May 30, there were 63 macro and 949 micro containment zones in the city. Within 72 hours, the number of macro and micro containment zones reduced to 8 and 554 respectively.
Senior officials of police, Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) and district administration have decided to lift macro and micro containment in areas where no active cases have been reported since last week, after reviewing the status.
The city has reporting less than 50 new Covid cases per day for the past eight days, and the strength of active cases was 512 till Tuesday.
The peaks of macro and micro containment zones were recorded as 294 and 9,527 respectively on May 7.
Inspector general of police (Prayagraj range) K P Singh made it clear that economic activities will be allowed to begin only outside the containment zones. He added, “After the steep rise in recovery rate and the reducing number of Covid cases, containment has been lifted from several areas in the past week.” He, however, said that the Covid curfew in the district will continue on Saturday and Sunday.
The recovery percentage of the city has also crossed 98% mark .
Apart from Prayagraj district, neighbouring districts like Pratapgarh currently has 21 macro and 145 micro containment zones, Kaushambi has one macro 17 micro containment zones, and Fatehpur has 32 micro containment zones only.
In Prayagraj, duties of 20 gazetted officials, 39 station house officers, 96 sub-inspectors, 171 head constables, 220 constables and two companies of PAC are still deployed to maintain a strict vigil in eight macro and 554 micro containment zone of the district.