India News | Bengal Reports 436 New COVID-19 Cases, 3 Deaths
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 21,03,761 as 436 more people tested positive for the infection while three new fatalities pushed the toll to 21,430 on Thursday, a health department bulletin said.
Kolkata, Aug 18 (PTI) West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 21,03,761 as 436 more people tested positive for the infection while three new fatalities pushed the toll to 21,430 on Thursday, a health department bulletin said.
The positivity rate for the day was 4.04 per cent as 436 new infections were detected out of 10,800 samples tested, the bulletin said.
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The state now has 4,470 active COVID-19 cases while 20,77,861 people have so far recovered from the disease, including 587 during the day, it said.
The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 98.77 per cent.
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Bengal had reported 393 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths on Wednesday.
A total of 2,61,71,506 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far in the state, it added.
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