India News | West Bengal's Active COVID-19 Cases Cross 10,000 Mark, 14% Positivity Rate

Kolkata, Jul 3 (PTI) West Bengal reported 1,822 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, recording a positivity rate of 14.10 per cent, as per the state Health Department.

Three more COVID-19 patients died, taking the toll to 21,225.

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There are 10,583 active cases in the state at present. Of these patients, 304 had to be admitted to hospitals.

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The new cases were reported after testing 12,921 samples.

The state has so far reported 20,34,485 COVID-19 cases. Altogether 20,02,677 patients have recovered, including 526 in the last 24 hours.

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