Summary:
Kolkata: Active Covid cases in Bengal are much lower compared to the respective figures from other states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. The total number of infected cases is much higher in these states compared to the corresponding figure in Bengal. Bengal has so far reported around 15,24,296 cases whereas in Maharashtra the number is as high as 62,69,799 followed by Kerala 32,83,116, Karnataka 28,96,163. In North Bengal, Darjeeling has seen 77 fresh cases while Coochbehar reported 40 new cases and Jalpaiguri 36. Unlike the first wave, the infection rate in some of the north Bengal districts is going hand-in-hand with Kolkata and North 24-Parganas during the second..