Summary:
Kolkata: Bengal on Wednesday has witnessed the highest single day spike of COVID-19 cases as the number has reached 986. The total number of affected persons has gone up to 24,823 across the state. Kolkata has seen 366 new COVID cases in the past 24 hours which is the highest spike in a single day so far. The total number of affected patients in Hooghly is 1,294 while in South 24-Parganas the figure stands at 1,726. Darjeeling has seen 32 fresh cases on Wednesday, Malda 45 new cases, Bankura and Purulia 10 new cases each..