Assam Congress takes a dig at Govt over ‘inactive’ role in containing COVID-19

The leader of the opposition in Assam Legislative Assembly Debabrata Saikia on June 12^th, 2020 accused the state government of not working actively to contain the spread of the COVID-19 despite the state recorded over 3000 cases so far.

“We have no option left than to wear a face mask and maintain physical distance. Unfortunately, we have not observed any activeness of the state government and the administration to mitigate the COVID-19,” Saikia said.

He added that no strict enforcement of the lockdown rules has been observed at this crucial juncture when the COVID-19 cases are rising at an alarming rate in the state.

“We can remember how strict was the government and the administration in the first phase of the lockdown when the state had fewer cases. The government has eased down everything when they actually should be strict,” he said.

It may be mentioned that Assam has registered the highest number of the COVID-19 cases followed by 916 in Tripura, 366 in Manipur and 128 in Nagaland.

Also read: Assam reports 7th COVID-19 death, confirmed cases soar to 3430

India COVID-19 cases

India has crossed 2 lakh-mark in terms of corona positives on June 3rd. As on June 11th, the country currently has 298K confirmed COVID-19 cases, 141842 active cases with 147194 cured and discharged. The total number of deaths is 8498.

Also read: Assam: 145 cases in a single day, as state tally reaches 3430

Among the states, Maharashtra is the first state to cross 3 thousand deaths. It has recorded 94041 corona cases with 44517 cured, 3438 deaths, and 46086 active cases. The western state is followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Delhi has corona 32810 cases with 12245 cured, 984 deaths, and 19581 active cases. Tamil Nadu has 36841 positive cases with 19333 cured, 3262 deaths, 17182 active cases. Gujarat with 21521 COVID-19 cases, so far, has 14735 have been cured, 1347 deaths, and 5439 active cases.

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