Kolkata, Aug 4 (PTI) Record 54 more people died of COVID-19 in West Bengal on Tuesday, taking the state's toll to 1,785, as per a bulletin issued by the Health Department.

The state also witnessed its highest single-day spike of 2,752 new cases, following which the tally rose to 80,984, it said.

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There are 23,315 active cases in the state at present, it added.

Total 2,066 people have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

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Since Monday, 22,321 samples have been tested in the state.

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