Kolkata: Kovid-19 cases continue to rise sharply in India West Bengal A health department bulletin said that for the past one week, the state recorded 6,153 infections, of which 3,194 were in Kolkata on Sunday.
The state had reported 4,512 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, of which the metropolis alone reported 2,398 of them.
The bulletin said that eight people died of coronavirus on Sunday, while nine such patients had died on the previous day.
According to the bulletin, a total of 19,781 people have died due to this disease so far.
The bulletin said that out of the eight fresh deaths in the state, two have been reported in Kolkata, three in North 24 Parganas, two in Hooghly and one in Howrah district.
The positivity rate rose to 15.93 per cent from 12.02 per cent the previous day, while the number of daily tests increased from 37,542 on Saturday to 38,633 on Sunday.
The bulletin said that North 24 Parganas stood second after Kolkata in terms of infection with 994 cases on Sunday, up from 688 the previous day.
Apart from Kolkata and North 24 Parganas, other districts have recorded high incidence of cases in Howrah (595), South 24 Parganas (280), Paschim Bardhaman (257), Hooghly (218), Birbhum (140) and Nadia (102) Went. , according to the data.
2,407. In form of covid Patients were discharged on Sunday, the recovery rate was 97.77 per cent, it said.
It said that so far a total of 16,12,331 people have been cured of the infection, adding that the total number of Covid cases registered in the state is 16,49,150.
A total of 2,14,68,047 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal so far, the bulletin said.
The state had reported 4,512 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, of which the metropolis alone reported 2,398 of them.
The bulletin said that eight people died of coronavirus on Sunday, while nine such patients had died on the previous day.
According to the bulletin, a total of 19,781 people have died due to this disease so far.
The bulletin said that out of the eight fresh deaths in the state, two have been reported in Kolkata, three in North 24 Parganas, two in Hooghly and one in Howrah district.
The positivity rate rose to 15.93 per cent from 12.02 per cent the previous day, while the number of daily tests increased from 37,542 on Saturday to 38,633 on Sunday.
The bulletin said that North 24 Parganas stood second after Kolkata in terms of infection with 994 cases on Sunday, up from 688 the previous day.
Apart from Kolkata and North 24 Parganas, other districts have recorded high incidence of cases in Howrah (595), South 24 Parganas (280), Paschim Bardhaman (257), Hooghly (218), Birbhum (140) and Nadia (102) Went. , according to the data.
2,407. In form of covid Patients were discharged on Sunday, the recovery rate was 97.77 per cent, it said.
It said that so far a total of 16,12,331 people have been cured of the infection, adding that the total number of Covid cases registered in the state is 16,49,150.
A total of 2,14,68,047 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal so far, the bulletin said.
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