Could India have averted the crisis? And why more districts need a lockdown

More than half of the india's districts have a higher growth rate in covid-19 infection cases than the national average. Growth rate has doubled in three-fourth of India's districts in last fortnight.

Last year in May, the government came out with a strategy to classify districts into three categories. The classification was to decide the level of activity allowed in each zone. The red districts, with rising cases, were to observe lockdown-like conditions with the administration allowing only a few services to operate. The orange districts were to be more liberal in strategy, and the green districts—reporting no infections in 21 days—were allowed to open up subject to capacity restrictions on public transport.

The idea was that a colour-coded classification would allow authorities to track and trace infections swiftly and allow economic