Kolkata, Nov 2 (PTI) West Bengal logged 34 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday pushing the tally to 21,18,083, a health department bulletin said.

The positivity rate for the day was 0.57 per cent as the 34 new cases were detected out of 6,000 samples tested, it said.

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The COVID-19 death toll rose to 21,528 as one more person succumbed to the disease.

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The state now has 527 active COVID-19 cases, while 20,96,028 people have recovered from the disease, the bulletin said.

Bengal had reported 29 new COVID-19 cases and no death on Monday.

A total of 2,66,90,712 samples have been tested so far, it added.

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