Kolkata, Oct 24 (PTI) West Bengal on Saturday reported the highest single-day discharge of 3,753 COVID-19 patients, taking the total number of recovered people to 3,02,340, the health department said in a bulletin.

The coronavirus tally in the state rose to 3,45,574 after 4,148 people tested positive for the disease, while 59 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 6,427, it said.

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The number of active cases is now 36,807.

In the last 24 hours, 44,724 samples were tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal, the bulletin added.

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