Kolkata, Sep 8 (PTI) The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal rose to 3,677 on Monday with 57 more patients succumbing to the disease, a bulletin released by the state health department said.

The tally went up to 1,86,956 after 3,091 fresh cases of infection were registered from different parts of the state.

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The discharge rate of West Bengal improved to 85.60 per cent after 2,996 people recovered from the disease, the bulletin said.

The discharge rate was 85.40 per cent on Monday.

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The state now has 23,254 active cases.

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