Kolkata, Sept 22 (PTI) Six people who were diagnosed with dengue died on Friday, taking this year's toll in West Bengal to over 30, officials said.

Two patients died at a private hospital in Kolkata while undergoing treatment. One of them was a resident of Salt Lake and the other was from Bagha Jatin, they said.

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Two persons died in Ghatal in Pachim Medinipur, and two persons died in nearby Kharagpur, they added.

Meanwhile, a migrant worker who returned from Kerala with symptoms similar to Nipah tested negative, a Health Department official said after receiving the report from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) where his sample was sent.

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The man is undergoing treatment at the Beliaghata ID Hospital and has a high fever, nausea and throat infection, he said.

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