India News | Bengal Reports 175 New COVID-19 Cases, One Death
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal reported 175 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing the tally to 21,02,932, a health department bulletin said.
Kolkata, Aug 16 (PTI) West Bengal reported 175 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing the tally to 21,02,932, a health department bulletin said.
The daily positivity rate is 3.48 per cent as 175 new infections were detected out of 5,034 samples tested, it said.
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The COVID-19 death toll rose to 21,423 as one more person succumbed to the infection, the bulletin said.
The state currently has 4,842 active COVID-19 cases while 20,76,667 people have recovered from the disease, including 631 in the last 24 hours.
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The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 98.75 per cent.
West Bengal had reported 270 new COVID-19 cases and zero death on Monday.
A total of 2,61,50,983 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, it added.
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