Kolkata, October 26: West Bengal recorded over 800 new cases for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, with nearly 1000 infections being recorded, according to the health department data. The state on Tuesday reported 806 new cases, one more than the previous day’s figure, pushing the tally to 15,88,066, while the death toll in 15 fresh fatalities rose to 19,081.
The number of fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday and Saturday stood at 989 and 974 respectively. Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, the Center has asked the state government to immediately review the cases and deaths, and stressed the importance of ensuring a Covid-safe celebration.
The Health Ministry also said that Kolkata has registered a higher volume of average daily new cases in the week ending October 21 as well as an increase of over 25 per cent in the previous week – from 217 cases in the week ending October 14. 272 cases. Ends October 21st. Of the fresh infections on Tuesday, Kolkata had the highest number of 248 in the state. It also recorded six of the 15 new deaths.
West Bengal recorded 811 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the discharge rate to 98.30 percent. The bulletin said that so far 15,61,136 people have recovered from the disease in the state. The number of active cases now stands at 7,849.
Since Monday, 38,681 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state, taking the total number of such tests to 1,89,95,979. On Tuesday, the state gave 9,93,576 doses of the vaccine, taking the total number of people who received at least one dose of the vaccine to 7,03,51,402, a health department official said on Tuesday.
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