India News | Bengal Logs 62 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, One Fatality
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal on Friday reported 62 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,16,737, a health department bulletin said.
Kolkata, Mar 18 (PTI) West Bengal on Friday reported 62 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,16,737, a health department bulletin said.
One more person succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the toll to 21,193.
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As many as 141 patients recovered from the disease since Thursday, taking the total number of COVID-19 recoveries to 19,94,455 people, the bulletin said.
West Bengal currently has 1,005 active COVID-19 cases.
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The state had reported 94 fresh COVID-19 cases and one one fatality on Thursday.
A total of 18,795 samples were tested during the day taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 24,582,155.
The positivity rate was 0.33 per cent.
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