guwahati with a sharp rise in covid19 deaths and positive cases in the city the kamrup metro district administration has designated seven more crematoriums to dispose of bodiesguwahati alone recorded over 30 of the total covid19 positive cases of the last seven days in the period from may 39 a total of 33407 cases were detected in the state of which 10238 were detected in guwahati alone the capital city has recorded over 1000 positive cases per day since april 26in the meanwhile a total of 316 people succumbed to the lethal virus in theaforesaid period according to national health mission assam of 316 107 deaths were recorded in guwahati which accounts for 34 of the total deathsthe new grounds will complement the existing four where the bodies of covid19 patients are being cremated at present ulubari electrical crematorium basistha bhootnath botahghuli jalukbari garigaon kabarsthan jalukbari kabarsthan and katahbari kabarsthan have been designated as new covid19 cremation groundsthe circle officers concerned will intimate the management committees of the designated cremation ground about the decision of the administration and will supervise the cremation process in their respective areas an order by the kamrup metro deputy commissioner biswajit pegu saidon may 4 workers of the ulubari crematorium said they had faced issues to continue cremation of covid19 deaths as the space of the crematorium is less to handle such a load roundtheclock they had told toi that they would apprise the district administration of the matterit takes 34 hours to cremate a body we cremate bodies here round the clock moreover less space of the crematorium is an issue to handle the load a worker of the crematorium saidstrict guidelines and night curfew are in place in the state to prevent the spread of the lethal virus shops and commercial establishments are being closed by the owners at 2 pm every day following the sop of the health departmentnewly swornin chief minister himanta biswa sarma who was the health minister in the first term of the bjpled nda government on monday told the press that handling the covid19 situation would be the first the priority of the new government