Kolkata, Sep 18 (PTI) West Bengal on Sunday recorded 267 new COVID-19 cases, 16 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 21,11,057, a health department bulletin said.

The COVID-19 death toll rose to 21,489 as one more person succumbed to the disease, it said.

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The positivity rate for the day was 3.97 per cent as 6,720 samples were tested.

Bengal currently has 2,283 active COVID-19 cases, while 20,87,285 people have recovered from the disease including 188 during the day, the bulletin said.

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The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 98.87 per cent.

The state had reported 283 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday.

A total of 2,64,28,509 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, the bulletin added.

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