NEW DELHI, May 21 -- nThe Delhi Government has issued an order to all District Magistrates regarding creation of containment zones in their respective areas of jurisdiction as per the existing guidelines.

As per the order all District Magistrates (DM) are directed to go through the list of Covid-19 positive cases reported in their area of jurisdiction and create containment zone as per the guidelines of Delhi Disaster Management Authority, Delhi Government and the centre.

The number of containment zones in the national Capital has come down from 97 to 66 even after Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the city. Over 500 Covid-19 cases were reported in Delhi in two consecutive days, taking up the tally to 11,088 cases on Wednesday. As many a...