Kolkata, Sep 2 (PTI) The COVID-19 discharge rate in West Bengal improved to 83.53 per cent on Wednesday after 3,297 patients recovered from the disease, the state health department said in a bulletin.

On Tuesday, the discharge rate was 83.04 per cent.

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The death toll due to COVID-19 went up to 3,339 after 56 more people succumbed to the infection.

The caseload also rose to 1,68,697 as 2,976 more people tested positive for the contagion, the bulletin said.

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The state has 24,445 active cases now.

Since Tuesday, 44,120 samples were tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal.

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