<p>The Assam government on Wednesday further relaxed Covid-related restrictions, allowing 200 people with at least one dose of vaccination to attend weddings and religious functions.</p>.<p>Issuing a new set of guidelines, Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said the overall Covid-19 situation in the state has "considerably improved".</p>.<p>The order, issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), which will come into effect on Thursday morning, also allowed up to 100 persons in funerals and last rites.</p>.<p>The district disaster management authorities shall fix the limit of gatherings for open spaces depending on Covid-19 situations in their jurisdictions and it will not be more than 50 per cent of seating capacities in closed venues, the order added.</p>.<p>On October 26, the government had cut the number of people attending weddings to a maximum of 50 single-dose vaccinated persons from 200 fully vaccinated persons in the earlier order, issued on October 1. On the other hand, 50 people were allowed to attend the last rites.</p>.<p>The state reported 244 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, while six more people lost their lives.</p>.<p>There are 2,491 active cases in Assam at present, it added.</p>.<p>Two deaths each were reported from Kamrup Metro and Kamrup Rural districts, while one death each happened in Dhubri and Jorhat districts.</p>.<p>So far, 5,987 people have died in the state of Covid-19 and 6.09 lakh people infected.</p>.<p>The new cases were detected after testing 37,836 samples.</p>.<p>Kamrup Metro reported the highest number of new cases at 75.</p>.<p>Till now, 5.99 lakh people have recovered from the disease in the state, including 391 in the last 24 hours.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>The Assam government on Wednesday further relaxed Covid-related restrictions, allowing 200 people with at least one dose of vaccination to attend weddings and religious functions.</p>.<p>Issuing a new set of guidelines, Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said the overall Covid-19 situation in the state has "considerably improved".</p>.<p>The order, issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), which will come into effect on Thursday morning, also allowed up to 100 persons in funerals and last rites.</p>.<p>The district disaster management authorities shall fix the limit of gatherings for open spaces depending on Covid-19 situations in their jurisdictions and it will not be more than 50 per cent of seating capacities in closed venues, the order added.</p>.<p>On October 26, the government had cut the number of people attending weddings to a maximum of 50 single-dose vaccinated persons from 200 fully vaccinated persons in the earlier order, issued on October 1. On the other hand, 50 people were allowed to attend the last rites.</p>.<p>The state reported 244 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, while six more people lost their lives.</p>.<p>There are 2,491 active cases in Assam at present, it added.</p>.<p>Two deaths each were reported from Kamrup Metro and Kamrup Rural districts, while one death each happened in Dhubri and Jorhat districts.</p>.<p>So far, 5,987 people have died in the state of Covid-19 and 6.09 lakh people infected.</p>.<p>The new cases were detected after testing 37,836 samples.</p>.<p>Kamrup Metro reported the highest number of new cases at 75.</p>.<p>Till now, 5.99 lakh people have recovered from the disease in the state, including 391 in the last 24 hours.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>