India News | 61 More COVID Patients Die in Bengal; 3,237 New Cases Detected

Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Sixty-one people succumbed to COVID-19 in West Bengal on Wednesday pushing the death toll to 4,123, the state health department said in a bulletin.

The tally reached 2,12,383 after 3,237 new cases of infection were reported from various parts of the state, it added.

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In the last 24 hours, 2,971 patients have recovered from the disease, taking the discharge rate in West Bengal to 86.69 per cent.

The number of active cases is now 24,147.

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Since Tuesday, 45,713 samples have been tested in the state, the bulletin stated.

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