Kolkata, Mar 14 (PTI) Thirty-five new COVID-19 cases were reported in Bengal on Monday, which raised the tally to 20,16,473, a bulletin released by the health department said.

One more death pushed the toll to 21,188, the bulletin said.

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At least 121 people recuperated from the viral disease in the past 24 hours, which tokk the total recoveries in the state 19,93,920.

Bengal currently has 1,365 active cases.

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The positivity rate stood at 0.29 per cent.

As many as 24,506,480 samples have been examined for COVID-19 in the state thus far, including 11,995 in the past 24 hours, the bulletin added.

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