India News | West Bengal Reports 42 New COVID-19 Cases
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the Health Department said.
Kolkata, May 12 (PTI) West Bengal reported 42 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the Health Department said.
In the last 24 hours, 39 people recovered from the disease, it said.
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There are 398 active cases in the state at present. Of them, 11 are undergoing treatment at hospitals.
The state had recorded 25 cases on Wednesday.
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The new cases were detected after testing 9,023 samples, recording a positivity rate of 0.47 per cent.
So far, the state has reported 19,97,112 cases. The toll remained at 21,203 as no new death was reported.
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