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Kolkata: As many as 521 new Covid patients have been detected in the state in the past 24 hours taking the total number of affected persons to 16,711 so far. The Bengal government has so far conducted 4,58,343 sample tests out of which 9,548 have been conducted across the state in the past 24 hours. Kolkata recorded 141 new cases in the past 24 hours. On Friday, the number of patients tested positive in a single day stood at 128. Around four tested positive in Alipurduar, 10 from South 24-Parganas, 3 from East Midnapore and one each from Bankura and Jhargram..