Summary:
The number of swab sample tests on Wednesday went up to 24,047 and the discharge rate was 70.36 percent. No flight operations to and from Kolkata and Bagdogra airports were allowed on Wednesday. In some areas, BJP supporters gathered to offer prayers to celebrate Ayodhya's 'bhumi pujan' but the police immediately took strict action. Apart from a few stray incidents, the lockdown was successfully imposed all across the state with all offices, shops and markets remaining closed. The roads including major thoroughfares in Kolkata were empty with only policemen manning the naka-checking points..