Kolkata, Sep 7 (PTI) West Bengal logged 230 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday pushing the tally to 21,08,418, a health department bulletin said.

The COVID-19 death toll rose to 21,479 as two new fatalities were reported, it said.

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The positivity rate for the day was 2.61 per cent as 230 cases were detected out of 8,796 samples tested.

The state now has 1,953 active COVID-19 cases, while 20,84,986 people have recovered from the disease, including 240 during the day, the bulletin said.

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On Tuesday Bengal had reported 211 new COVID-19 cases and two fatalities.

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