Bengal reports 377 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

  • | Monday | 8th August, 2022

Kolkata, Aug 8 (PTI) West Bengal"s COVID-19 tally rose to 20,99,433 on Monday as 377 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said.The daily positivity rate is 5.73 per cent as 377 infections were detected out of 6,574 samples tested, it said.The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 21,400 as five more persons died of the disease, it said.The state now has 7,302 active COVID-19 cases.At least 917 more people recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 20,70,731, the bulletin said.The COVID-19 recovery rate currently is 98.63 per cent.The state had reported 639 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday.A total of 2,60,76,443 samples have been tested so far, it said PTI SCH RG


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