Kolkata, May 3 (PTI) West Bengal on Tuesday reported 34 new cases of COVID-19, seven more than the previous day, taking the tally to 20,18,374, a health department bulletin said.

The state's coronavirus death toll remained at 21,202 with no fatalities reported in the last 24 hours.

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Twenty-seven people recuperated from COVID-19 during the day, taking the number of people cured of the disease in the state to 19,96,760.

West Bengal currently has 412 active coronavirus cases.

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As many as 8,069 samples were tested for COVID-19 since Monday, taking the number of such clinical examinations to 25,079,163.

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