guwahati assam health minister himanta biswa sarma on saturday appreciated the people of assam for celebrating durga puja in a responsible way just the way the prime minister narendra modi and the state government had appealed which helped keep covid19 cases under controlpeople celebrated durga puja in a very responsible way and kept themselves safe i am grateful to the people of assam we had doubts that our covid situation would go haywaire after the puja but today we are all under control and our positivity rate continues to remain under 2 sarma saidhe said in absolute terms also the number of active caseload in the state has come downin september we touched the peak in active caseload which was 36000 yesterday friday we have come down to 10421 and by saturday our active cases would fall below 10000 the minister saidour recovery rate is also at 95 which is just behind tamil nadu he addedour only concern is that infected people are reporting late to hospital and that is why there continues to be fatalities people come to hospital when the oxygen saturation level is at a critical stage the minister said adding that the state would have zero deaths had people reported early to hospital