The Delhi government will launch a massive sanitisation drive in the city's COVID-19 containment areas, declared as red zones and high-risk zones, identified as orange zones from Monday onwards, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

The chief minister said areas where positive COVID-19 cases are being found, will be declared as containment zones. Till Sunday evening, 43 hotspots in the national capital were identified as Covid-19 containment zones, with the inclusion of E-block Abu Fazal Enclave, E-block East of Kailash block and Bengali Colony Mahavir Enclave among others. Southeast district has the most such zones at 12. Home delivery of essential items and visit to a hospital for an emergency is allowed in these zones.

In South West Delhi, Gali number 5 and 5A, H-2A Block, Bengali Colony, Mahavir Enclave, have been sealed.

Nine locations in South East Delhi were also sealed, including House number 811 to 829 and 842 to 835 -- Khadda Colony, Jaitpur, Extension, Part II, Delhi.The second area is House number 1,144 to 1,134 and 618 to 623 -- Khadda Colony, Jaitpur, Extension, Part II, Delhi.

Similarly, Gali number 16, Kachhi Colony in Madanpur Khadar, Extension, Delhi; and Mehela Mohalla, Madanpur Khadar, Extension, Delhi were also sealed.In South-East Delhi's Abu Fazal Enclave, two areas have been made containment zones -- H-Block and E-Block have been sealed.

Three locations in East of Kailash -- in South-East Delhi -- were also made containment zones: House number 97 to 107 and House number 120-127, Kailash Hills; E-Block (E-284 to E-294); and House number 53 to 55 and 25 in Shera Mohalla, Garhi.Addressing an online briefing, Kejriwal said, "We have declared COVID-19 containment zones as red zones and high-risk zones as orange zones. We have identified more containment zones in the national capital."