India News | With 17 Fatalities, COVID-19 Death Toll Climbs to 432 in Bengal; 343 Fresh Cases
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Seventeen COVID-19 patients died in West Bengal on Wednesday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 432 in the state, the health department said in a bulletin.
Kolkata, Jun 10 (PTI) Seventeen COVID-19 patients died in West Bengal on Wednesday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 432 in the state, the health department said in a bulletin.
Thirteen of the fresh deaths were due to comorbidities, where coronavirus was incidental, it said, adding that the state has witnessed 288 such deaths so far.
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The state also reported 343 fresh coronavirus cases during the day, including 110 from Kolkata, the bulletin said.
The number of COVID-19 cases in West Bengal stands at 9,328 now, including 5,117 active ones.
A total of 2,97,419 samples have so far been tested for the disease in the state.
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