Summary:
Kolkata, Oct 27 (PTI) COVID-19 cases in West Bengal continued to rise on Wednesday after 976 fresh cases were reported taking the tally to 15,89,042, a health department bulletin said.
The number of fresh cases was up by 170 from Tuesday, and 171 from Monday.
The eastern state had registered 989 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and 974 on Saturday.
Durga Puja festivities came to an end in Bengal on October 15 with doctors raising concerns over scant regard paid to Covid-appropriate protocol.
Kolkata accounted for the maximum number of new cases at 272 on Wednesday, as against 248, 229, 273, and 268 in the last four days.
Neighbouring North 24 Parganas district reported 159 fresh cases during the day.