KOLKATA: West Bengal’s Covid-19 tally rose to 15,79,012 on Thursday as 530 more people tested positive for the infection, while 10 fresh fatalities took the state’s coronavirus death toll to 18,945, according to a health bulletin. he said.
Kolkata reported the highest number of new cases at 102, down from 203 the previous day. Metropolitan, North and South 24 Parganas and Howrah districts recorded two deaths each and Nadia and West Bardhaman recorded one death each.
The state now has 7,576 active cases, while 15,52,491 people, including 601, have been cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, it said, adding that the recovery rate was 98.32 per cent.
West Bengal has so far tested over 1.86 crore samples for Covid-19, including 18,118 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said, adding that the positivity rate stood at 2.93%.
Kolkata reported the highest number of new cases at 102, down from 203 the previous day. Metropolitan, North and South 24 Parganas and Howrah districts recorded two deaths each and Nadia and West Bardhaman recorded one death each.
The state now has 7,576 active cases, while 15,52,491 people, including 601, have been cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, it said, adding that the recovery rate was 98.32 per cent.
West Bengal has so far tested over 1.86 crore samples for Covid-19, including 18,118 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said, adding that the positivity rate stood at 2.93%.
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