India will cross 20 lakh COVID-19 cases by Aug 10; govt must take concrete steps: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged government to take concrete steps to prevent spread of coronavirus, saying if it keeps spreading at current pace n re will be more than 20 lakh cases by August 10. Gandhi has been critical of government's handling of pandemic and has questioned Centre's claims on battling coronavirus.

"10,00,000-mark has been crossed. If COVID19 spreads at this pace, by August 10, more than 20,00,000 will be infected in country," former Congress chief said in a tweet in Hindi.

government must take concrete and planned steps to prevent furr spread of pandemic, he said. He also retweeted his Tuesday's post in which he said total number of coronavirus cases in country will cross 10 lakh-mark this week. India's COVID-19 count on Thursday crossed two grim milestones of 10 lakh cases and 25,000 deaths, according to official data from states. India is ranked third in global coronavirus tally after US and Brazil.