Kolkata, Feb 8 (PTI) West Bengal on Tuesday reported 736 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 20,07,249, the health department said in its bulletin.

Thirty-two more people died of the infection – including nine in Paschim Bardhaman, five in the city and four in North 24 Parganas – which raised the toll to 20,884, the bulletin said

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At least 1,559 people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,70,356 .

The discharge rate stood at 98.16 per cent and the fatality rate at 1.04 per cent.

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The positivity rate slipped from 2.59 per cent on Monday to 1.87 per cent, the bulletin said.

Bengal currently has 16,009 active cases – 855 less than the previous day.

As many as 2,35,50,222 samples have been tested in the state, including 39,347 in the past 24 hours, the bulletin added.

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