Kolkata, Nov 8 (PTI) West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,05,314 on Sunday as 3,920 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

Fifty-nine more patients succumbed to the infection, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 7,294, it said.

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A record 4,383 more people were cured of the disease, taking the states COVID-19 recovery count to 3,63,454, the bulletin said.

The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state has improved to 89.67 per cent, it said.

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West Bengal now has 34,566 active coronavirus cases, the bulletin said.

The state has so far tested 49.14 lakh samples for COVID-19, including 45,187 in the last 24 hours, it added. PTI

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