Kolkata, Nov 19 (PTI) The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal mounted to 7,873 on Thursday after 53 more people succumbed to the disease, the health department said in a bulletin.

The tally also went up to 4,45,505 after 3,620 fresh cases of infection were reported from different parts of the state, it said.

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Altogether 3,990 patients also recovered from the disease since Wednesday, taking the total number of cured people to 4,11,759.

The discharge rate now is 92.43 per cent.

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The number of active cases in the state at present is 25,873, the bulletin added.

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