India News | Bengal Records 547 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 Fresh Fatalities

Kolkata, Aug 17 (PTI) West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 15,39,612 on Tuesday as 547 more people tested positive for the infection, while six fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 18,318, a health bulletin said.

Also Read | CAIT Fears Afghanistan Crisis Will Impact Bilateral Trade Between Two Countries.

As many as 637 more people were cured of the disease, taking the recovery rate to 98.18 per cent.

Also Read | Afghanistan Crisis: 99 Commandos, 3 Sniffer Dogs Land at Hindon IAF Base as Entire ITBP Detachment Returns from Taliban-Captured Country.

The state now has 9,736 active cases, while 15,11,558 people have recovered from the infection thus far.

West Bengal has tested 1,64,500,33 samples for COVID-19 to date, including 36,752 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)