Summary:
Bengal registered its first COVID-19 death on March 23, when a 57-year-old man died of the disease at a private hospital in Salt Lake. Meanwhile, 15 new patients have tested positive in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 37. A 57-year-old man, a resident of Rathtala area, was admitted to a private hospital in Belghoria on March 26. He tested positive for the virus on Tuesday and has been kept under ventilation. The Health department has already asked the private hospital to put the attending doctors, nurses and health workers under home quarantine..