Kolkata, Nov 14 (PTI) West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,28,498 on Saturday as 3,823 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

Fifty-three more patients succumbed to the infection, pushing the state's COVID-19 death toll to 7,610, it said.

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A record 4,479 more people were cured of the disease, taking the state's recovery count to 3,90,096, the bulletin said.

The state now has 30,792 active coronavirus cases, it said.

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West Bengal has tested 44,127 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said.

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