India News | WB BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar Tests COVID-19 Positive, Admitted to Hospital
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], january 9 (ANI): West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital.
Notably, the state has been reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases. It is the second state after Maharashtra in terms of the highest active cases.
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Bengal has been amongst the top three states with Maharashtra and Kerala since last month, contributing to the highest active COVID-19 cases in India.
On Sunday, Bengal recorded as many as 24,287 new COVID cases. The positivty rate is at 33.89 per cent. Eighteen people died of COVID-19 in West Bengal in the last 24 hours taking the total death count to 19,901. (ANI)
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