Kolkata, Apr 13 (PTI) West Bengal on Wednesday logged 18 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 20,17,733, while 39 more people recuperated from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,96,133, the health department said in a bulletin.

On Tuesday, 20 people had tested positive for the disease.

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The toll remained unchanged at 21,200 as no fresh fatality was reported.

Bengal currently has 400 active cases, the bulletin said.

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The positivity rate stood at 0.17 per cent.

Altogether 2,48,99,891 samples have been examined in the state thus far, including 10,731 since Tuesday, the bulletin added.

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