Kolkata, Nov 15 (PTI) The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal rose to 7,661 on Sunday with 51 more people succumbing to the disease, the health department said in a bulletin.

Altogether 3,053 fresh cases of infection reported from different parts of the state took the tally to 4,31,551, it said.

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After 4,480 patients recovered from the disease during the day, the discharge rate went up to 91.43 per cent.

The state now has 29,314 active cases.

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Since Saturday, 38,658 samples were tested for COVID- 19, the bulletin said.

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