India News | Bengal Logs Highest One-day Spike of 3,455 COVID Cases, 58 Fatalities
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal's Covid-19 tally mounted to 2,80,504 after the highest single-day spike of 3,455 new infections was reported on Wednesday, the health department said in a bulletin.
Kolkata, Oct 7 (PTI) West Bengal's Covid-19 tally mounted to 2,80,504 after the highest single-day spike of 3,455 new infections was reported on Wednesday, the health department said in a bulletin.
The death toll in the state rose to 5,376 with 58 more fatalities.
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The discharge rate reached 87.97 per cent after 3,024 recoveries were registered across the state, the bulletin said.
The number of active cases stood at 28,361.
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Since Tuesday, 42,651 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the state.
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