Rahul Gandhi questions Centre over its claim of India's 'good position' in COVID-19 battle

Questioning the central government over its claim of India's 'good position' against the coronavirus disease, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted a graph showing an ideal curve of COVID-19 cases across four countries in the last week. Earlier on Sunday, home minister Shah said the world was appreciating India's successful fight against the pandemic.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday questioned the Centre's claim of India's 'good position' in its battle against COVID-19.

"India at a good position in #COVID19 battle?" tweeted the Congress leader.

Along with his tweet, the Congress leader also attached a graph depicting the 'ideal curve' for COVID-19 cases. The graph displayed the seven-day count of average coronavirus cases in the US, India, South Korea and New Zealand.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah had on Sunday said that the whole world was appreciating India's successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

READ:|World witnessing India's successful battle against COVID-19: Amit Shah

"India is one of the most populous countries. Everyone thought how will a country like India battle COVID-19, there were apprehensions but today the whole world is witnessing how one of the most successful battles against COVID-19 has been fought here," the Home Minister said.

With the highest single-day spike of 28,701 new cases and 500 deaths being reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 8,78,254 on Monday.

According to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, this includes 3,01,609 active cases, and 5,53,471 cured and discharged or migrated patients.

The death toll due to the disease has reached 23,174 in the country.

ANI