6,078 new Kovid cases reported in Bengal, 13 deaths
West Bengal on Monday reported 6,078 new Covid-19 cases, 75 less than the previous day’s figure, taking the tally to 16,55,228, the health department said. The death toll has also risen to 19,794 after 13 more people died of the disease in the last 24 hours, the department said in a bulletin. The state had recorded eight Covid-19 fatalities on Sunday.
A total of 2,917 coronavirus patients have been discharged from various hospitals in the state. The discharge rate dropped slightly to 97.58 percent from Sunday’s 97.77 percent.
The number of active cases now stands at 20,186, an increase of 3,148 as of Sunday.
In the last 24 hours, 31,030 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal, taking the total number of such diagnostic tests to 2,14,99,077, the bulletin said.
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