Assam Health Minister Himmat Biswa Sarma said in a press conference on Sunday that the epidemic had been formally launched in Guwahati.

In fact, in Guwahati, so far, there have been 2741 corona infected patients, whose travel history or source has not been known.

To tackle the Corona virus crisis, the state government of Assam has put an entire lockdown for 14 days in Kamrup metropolitan district in the capital Guwahati from 28 June.

According to the Health Minister, the community spread of corona virus has started in Guwahati.

He said, "Guwahati has formally entered the epidemic 10 days ago, and the situation is going to get more serious here."

In Guwahati, there were 782 cases of corona positive on Saturday while 125 positive cases have been registered till 4 pm on Sunday.

Meanwhile, to control the situation in Guwahati, the Health Department has extended the corona test.

So far 81979 tests have been conducted in Kamrup metropolitan district including Guwahati. Among the northeastern states of India, Assam has reported the highest number of corona virus infections.

As of July 5, the number of corona patients has reached 11001.

According to the latest information from the Health Department, 6743 patients have been cured so far, while 14 people have died due to corona virus in the state.

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