Kolkata: The Covid-19 toll in West Bengal rose to 18,229 on Sunday with 12 more deaths, with Nadia district recording the highest number of deaths for the second consecutive day, a health department bulletin said.
The coronavirus caseload in the state rose to 15,33,803 as 675 more people tested positive for the infection, it said.
In West Bengal, the discharge rate rose to 98.13 per cent, with 763 more people being cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 15,05,089, the bulletin said.
The number of active cases came down to 10,485 from 10,585 on Saturday.
Of the 12 deaths reported on Sunday, Nadia district recorded the maximum four deaths. The bulletin said that five people had succumbed to the disease there the previous day.
Three people died in North 24 Parganas, while Kolkata recorded one death each. Hooghlyhandjob Purba Medinipurhandjob Jalpaiguri, and Darjeeling, it said.
North 24 Parganas recorded the highest number of 77 new cases, followed by Darjeeling with 69 cases, the bulletin said.
Kolkata recorded 68 new cases, Nadia 63 and Jalpaiguri 60 new cases.
A total of 1,60,92,192 samples have been tested so far in West Bengal, the bulletin said.
The coronavirus caseload in the state rose to 15,33,803 as 675 more people tested positive for the infection, it said.
In West Bengal, the discharge rate rose to 98.13 per cent, with 763 more people being cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 15,05,089, the bulletin said.
The number of active cases came down to 10,485 from 10,585 on Saturday.
Of the 12 deaths reported on Sunday, Nadia district recorded the maximum four deaths. The bulletin said that five people had succumbed to the disease there the previous day.
Three people died in North 24 Parganas, while Kolkata recorded one death each. Hooghlyhandjob Purba Medinipurhandjob Jalpaiguri, and Darjeeling, it said.
North 24 Parganas recorded the highest number of 77 new cases, followed by Darjeeling with 69 cases, the bulletin said.
Kolkata recorded 68 new cases, Nadia 63 and Jalpaiguri 60 new cases.
A total of 1,60,92,192 samples have been tested so far in West Bengal, the bulletin said.
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