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Modi govt sleeping while India's COVID-19 tally crosses 20 lakh-mark: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi [India]: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Central government as India crossed the 20 lakh COVID-19 positive cases.

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Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader reiterated his earlier tweet, sent out on July 17, which stated "The 10,00,000-mark has been crossed. With the rapid spread of COVID-19, by August 10, more than 20,00,000 will be infected in the country. The government must take concrete, planned steps to stop the epidemic."

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"20 lakh-mark has been crossed, Modi government is missing," the Congress leader tweeted today.
The Union Health Ministry has said active cases as a percentage of total cases have seen a significant drop from 34.17 per cent on July 24 to 30.31 per cent. (ANI)

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