Kolkata, Aug 31 (PTI) West Bengal reported 272 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths on Wednesday, the health department said.

The state has so far reported 21,07,050 cases and 21,465 deaths, it said.

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There are 2,525 active cases in the state at present, it added.

In the last 24 hours, 305 people recovered, taking the total recoveries to 20,83,060.

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The new cases were detected after testing 10,006 samples.

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