Kolkata, May 2 (PTI) West Bengal on Monday reported 27 fresh COVID-19 cases, 26 less than the previous day, taking the tally to 20,18,340, a health department bulletin said.

The state's coronavirus death toll remained at 21,202, with no death due to the infection registered during the day.

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One person had succumbed to the virus on Sunday.

West Bengal currently has 405 active coronavirus cases.

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Nineteen people recuperated from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of people cured of the disease in the state to 19,96,733, the bulletin said.

At least 4,922 samples were tested for COVID-19 during the day, taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 25,071,094, it said.

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