Kolkata, Mar 1 (PTI) West Bengal on Tuesday reported 146 new COVID-19 cases, 57 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 20,15,253.

Kolkata accounted for 32 fresh cases followed by North 24 Parganas at 14.

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Two new fatalities due to the infection raised the death toll to 21,178. Both the deaths were reported in Kolkata.

One person had succumbed to the disease on Monday.

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The positivity rate went up to 0.61 per cent from 0.50 per cent on the previous day. While 23,912 samples were tested for COVID-19 during the day, 17,694 tests were conducted on Monday.

A total of 19,92,267 people have recovered from the disease, including 164 on Tuesday.

West Bengal now has 1,808 active cases, the bulletin said.

A total of 2,42,36,238 samples have been tested in West Bengal so far, the bulletin said.

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