Summary:
The tally mounted to 5,64,707 as 609 fresh cases of infection were reported on Saturday, it stated. Since Friday, 666 recoveries have been reported taking the number of cured people to 5,47,515 in the state. Of the fresh fatalities, six were reported from North 24 Parganas district and two from Kolkata. The 609 new positive cases included 186 from North 24 Parganas and 150 from Kolkata, the health department said. In the last 24 hours, 30,011 samples were tested for coronavirus in West Bengal taking the total number of such tests to 76,21,132..