Bengal records 3,507 new COVID-19 cases, 52 fatalities

  • | Friday | 27th November, 2020

West Bengal a state health department informed that the COVID-19 toll rose to 8,224 on Thursday after 52 more people succumbed to the disease.  

West Bengal a state health department informed that the COVID-19 toll rose to 8,224 on Thursday after 52 more people succumbed to the disease.  

The tally mounted to 4,70,498 with the detection of 3,507 fresh cases from different districts.

Since Wednesday, 3,537 recoveries have been registered in the state, improving the discharge rate to 93.01 per cent.

As many as 4,37,604 recoveries have been recorded so far, the bulletin said.

Twelve fatalities each were reported in the city and its neighbouring North 24 Parganas, six in Howrah and two each in South 24 Parganas and Hooghly.

The rest were detected in other districts of Bengal.

Of the 52 deaths, 44 were caused due to the comorbidities where COVID-19 was incidental.

Kolkata accounted for the maximum number of fresh cases at 885 new cases, followed by neighbouring North 24 Parganas at 851, South 24 Parganas at 230, Hooghly at 192 and Howrah at 182, the bulletin said.

Bengal currently has 24,670 active cases.

Over the last 24 hours, 44,713 samples have been examined in the state, taking the total number of such tests to 56,99,237, it said.


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