14,938 new Covid-19 cases reported in West Bengal, 36 deaths Kolkata News – Times of India

Kolkata: West BengalThe Covid-19 tally climbed to 18,97,699 with 14,938 fresh cases on Sunday, while 36 more fatalities took the death toll to 20,088, a health department bulletin said. The state recorded 19,064 new infections and 39 deaths on Saturday.
Its positivity rate was 27.73 per cent, the bulletin said.
Kolkata recorded the highest number of 12 fresh deaths, followed by neighboring countries with five. North 24 Parganas district and four inches Howrah, The state capital recorded 3,893 cases in a day.
West Bengal now has 1,60,305 active cases, and 17,17,306 people have recovered from the disease, including 9,973 since Saturday.
The state has so far tested over 2.23 crore samples, including 53,876 such diagnostic tests in the last 24 hours, down from 64,572 samples on the previous day, the bulletin said.

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