Coronavirus pandemic | Complete list of COVID-19 hotspots in Bengaluru

As per data released by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), there are 38 wards -- out of a total of 198 wards -- in the city that have been declared hotspots

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April 28, 2020 / 07:01 PM IST

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There are 170 COVID-19 hotspot districts in the country as identified by the Centre. These include all the major metropolitan cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.

While some areas in these cities may be in the red zone (where a sizeable number of coronavirus positive cases have been reported), the others are in the orange zone (where some cases of coronavirus were reported in the past), or in the green zone (no coronavirus positive cases).

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As per data released by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), there are 38 wards -- out of a total of 198 wards -- in the city that have been declared hotspots, where at least one COVID-19 positive case was reported in the last 28 days. As per a Deccan Herald report, the names of wards that have been declared hotspots are as follows:

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