According to the state health bulletin, the positivity rate came down to 8.84% from Sunday’s 9.53%.
Kolkata:
West Bengal on Monday reported 4,546 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 19,69,791, while 37 more fatalities took the toll to 20,375, a health department bulletin said.
There were 6,980 new infections in the state on Sunday and 36 people died due to the disease.
The positivity rate dropped to 8.84 per cent from Sunday’s 9.53 per cent, and the number of active cases currently stands at 94,535, down 15,648 from the previous day’s count.
At least 20,157 people have been reported cured in West Bengal in the last 24 hours, improving the discharge rate to 94.17 per cent.
Overall, 18,54,881 people have been cured of this disease so far.
Fourteen fresh COVID-19 deaths were reported from North 24 Parganas district and five from Kolkata.
North 24 Parganas also recorded the maximum number of 678 new cases, followed by Kolkata with 496 cases.
The state conducted over 2.28 crore sample tests, including 51,421 since Sunday, the bulletin said.
A senior state government official said the health department administered 7,16,842 vaccine doses to eligible beneficiaries during the day, taking the total number of jobs to over 11.87 crore.
On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, at least 19 girls from the port area of the city were fed on the occasion of National Girl Child Day by the Commission for Protection of Child Rights as well as Save the Children, an organization and organization. Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
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