FILE: Trisha Ganthat, a research scientist, shows an RT-PCR kit manufactured by GCC Biotech to detect mucormycosis inside her laboratory, during the ongoing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, on the outskirts of Kolkata. Also known as black fungus. . Reuters/Rupak D Choudhary
Kolkata: Covid-19 Tally In West Bengal A health department bulletin said 924 more people tested positive for the infection on Sunday, while 13 fresh fatalities raised the death toll to 17,916.
The discharge rate in the state rose to 97.83 per cent, with 1,314 more people having recovered from the disease since Saturday.
west Bengal There are now 14,901 active cases, while 14,79,312 people have been cured of the disease so far.
Four people have died from Nadia district, two each from Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Darjeeling, while one person succumbed to the infection. Hooghly, Howrah and Jalpaiguri, it said.
North 24 Parganas recorded the highest number of 94 new cases, followed by Purba Medinipur The bulletin has 87, Kolkata 82 and Darjeeling 80.
A total of 1,47,69,734 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, the bulletin said.
The discharge rate in the state rose to 97.83 per cent, with 1,314 more people having recovered from the disease since Saturday.
west Bengal There are now 14,901 active cases, while 14,79,312 people have been cured of the disease so far.
Four people have died from Nadia district, two each from Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Darjeeling, while one person succumbed to the infection. Hooghly, Howrah and Jalpaiguri, it said.
North 24 Parganas recorded the highest number of 94 new cases, followed by Purba Medinipur The bulletin has 87, Kolkata 82 and Darjeeling 80.
A total of 1,47,69,734 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, the bulletin said.
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