Total lockdown in 7 districts of Assam from July 7

GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown in seven districts of the state from July 7 until further notice.
The curfew in these seven districts — Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Morigaon — will be round the clock.

"There will be total containment in the seven districts showing high positivity rate in recent days," reported news agency ANI quoting Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) order.
During the lockdown, all commercial establishments, restaurants, shops will remain closed.
There will be a ban on public & private transport and inter-state movement will remain suspended.
The state's Covid-19 tally rose to 5,19,834 on Monday as 2,640 more people tested positive for the infection, while 31 fresh fatalities pushed the states coronavirus death toll to 4,683, a health bulletin said. Golaghat district registered the highest number of new cases at 333, followed by Sonitpur (233), Kamrup Metropolitan (197), and Jorhat (151).
Five people succumbed to Covid-19 in Dibrugarh, four in Golaghat, three each in Jorhat and Sonitpur, two each in Cachar, Dhubri, Hailakandi and Hojai, and one each in Charaideo, Chirang, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Morigaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia districts.