167 communes and wards in Nghe An are in the red zone.

On February 19, according to the assessment of the epidemic level by the Nghe An Department of Health, 31 more communes, wards and towns in the province have upgraded the epidemic level to level 4 (ie red zone), compared to the previous day. Thus, Nghe An province currently has 167 communes, wards and towns in the red zone, out of a total of 460 units.

In addition, the province has 108 communes, wards and towns in the orange zone and 110 communes, wards and towns in the yellow zone. There are only 75 communes, wards and towns in the green and normal zones. The green zone units are mainly concentrated in mountainous districts.

The epidemic level is assessed according to the scale of communes, wards and towns in Nghe An on the morning of February 19. Photo: TH

Localities with many communes, wards and towns in the red zone include: Quynh Luu, Nghi Loc, Vinh City, Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen... Of which, Quynh Luu district has 33 communes, wards and towns, of which 26 are in the red zone, 3 are in the yellow zone and 4 are in the orange zone. This district has no communes in the green zone.

In Nghi Loc district, 18 out of 29 communes, wards and towns are in the red zone. There are only 3 communes in the yellow zone and 9 communes in the orange zone, no commune in the green zone.

Nam Dan district has 19 communes, wards and towns, of which 18 are red zones, with only one commune remaining in the orange zone, Xuan Lam commune. Similarly, Hung Nguyen district has no communes in the green zone. This district has 14/18 communes in the red zone, 3 communes in the orange zone and one commune in the yellow zone, Hung Thanh commune. Vinh city has 22/25 wards and communes in the red zone. There are only 3 units remaining: Nghi Kim commune, Ha Huy Tap ward in the yellow zone and Quan Bau ward in the orange zone.

Nam Dan district only has Xuan Lam commune in the orange zone, the rest are red zones. Photo: TH

Meanwhile, localities with many green zone communes are mainly mountainous districts. In Con Cuong district, 11/13 communes are green zones, only Con Cuong town and Don Phuc commune are in the yellow zone. This district does not have orange or red zones. Tuong Duong district has 11/17 communes in green zones, with 4 communes in orange zones and 2 communes in yellow zones. Tuong Duong and Con Cuong are also the 2 districts with the lowest number of Covid-19 infections in Nghe An province. According to the report of Nghe An CDC, as of February 18, Tuong Duong district has recorded more than 600 Covid-19 infections, with no deaths. Meanwhile, in Con Cuong district, more than 800 F0 cases have been recorded so far.

26 communes and towns in Quynh Luu are in the red zone. Photo: TH

Meanwhile, in Vinh City alone, on February 18, 717 F0 cases were detected, higher than Tuong Duong District since the beginning of the epidemic. From June 13, 2021 to now, Vinh City has recorded more than 10,000 Covid-19 infections. Vinh City has a population size only 4 times that of Tuong Duong District, but the number of F0 cases is nearly 17 times higher than this district.

The chart shows a spike in new infections after the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: TH

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Nghe An has recorded more than 45,000 F0 cases, most of which were infected since the Lunar New Year. Over the past week, the average number of infections per day in Nghe An has always exceeded 2,000 cases. The number of new infections has not shown any signs of decreasing.