India's COVID-19 tally breached the 20-lakh mark late on Thursday evening, while the number of recoveries surged to 13.70 lakh, according to data provided by the states and union territories.

"The 20 lakh-mark has been crossed, the Modi government is missing," Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi, which was in a rhyme.He also tagged a July 17 tweet of his urging the government to take concrete steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus. He had said that if the viral infection keeps spreading at the current pace then there would be more than 20 lakh cases by August 10.Rahul Gandhi has been critical of the government's handling of the pandemic and has questioned the Centre's claims on battling coronavirus.

India is third in the world in terms of the COVID-19 cases after the US and Brazil. The death toll in the country due to the disease has climbed to over 40,000.

 

 

 

Rahul Gandhi

 

@RahulGandhi

10,00,000 का आँकड़ा पार हो गया। इसी तेज़ी से #COVID19 फैला तो 10 अगस्त तक देश में 20,00,000 से ज़्यादा संक्रमित होंगे। सरकार को महामारी रोकने के लिए ठोस, नियोजित कदम उठाने चाहिए।

इस हफ़्ते हमारे देश में आँकड़ा 10,00,000 पार कर जाएगा।https://t.co/SFeRhgwcFb

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 14, 2020

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