Mamata govt contradicts Centre's Covid zone list; says West Bengal has 4 Red zones, not 10

Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan on Friday in a letter written to Chief Secretaries of all states and union territories designated Red, Orange, and Green zones, as total tally of Coronavirus cases reached 35,043 in country. list shows state of West Bengal has, 10 districts in red zone, five in orange zone, and eight in green zone. 

However, in a major contradiction, West Bengal government has claimed that state has only four districts in red zone which are Kolkata, Howrah, Purba Medinipur and rth-24 Paraganas. Vivek Kumar, Principal Secretary (Health) in a letter to Health Secretary said, "This is an erroneous  assessment."

Here is copy of letter accessed by Republic:

Health Secretary in her letter said that since recovery rate of those infected by deadly coronavirus has gone up, hence Ministry is designating various zones under broad criteria. This comes two days before end of Covid lockdown. 

Letter To Chief Secretaries by ankit on Scribd