Covid-19 Bengals positivity rate increases marginally 803 new cases reported
Kolkata Nov 24 PTI The positivity rate of Covid-19 infections in West Bengal continues to be 2 per cent or above it for the past three days while the state recorded 803 new cases and 12 fresh fatalities due to the disease on Wednesday the health department said in a bulletinThe cumulative death toll and tally went up to 19419 and 1611983 respectivelyThe bulletin said Wednesdays positivity rate is 206 per cent marginally up from the previous days count of 2 per cent The figure was 234 per cent on November 22The state conducted 39019 tests on Wednesday 3005 more than the previous days figure according to the bulletinA total of 20110616 samples have been tested in West Bengal so far it said It recorded 803 new cases of Covid-19 infection on Wednesday as against 720 on Tuesday Kolkata recorded the highest number of positive cases in the state at 247 increasing from 211 on Tuesday The metropolis is followed by North 24 Parganas 145 South 24 Parganas 62 Howrah 61 and Hooghly 57 districts Of the 12 deaths in the state four was recorded in Kolkata while North 24 Parganas and Nadia followed with two each a bulletin said South 24 Parganas Purba Bardhaman Jalpaiguri and Malda districts reported one death each it said As 811 Covid-19 patients were discharged on Wednesday the recovery rate stood at 9831 per cent Altogether 1584670 people have so far been cured of the disease the bulletin said The number of active cases on Wednesday fell to 7894 from 7914 the previous day PTI AMR NN NN
Kolkata Nov 24 PTI The positivity rate of Covid-19 infections in West Bengal continues to be 2 per cent or above it for the past three days while the state recorded 803 new cases and 12 fresh fatalities due to the disease on Wednesday the health department said in a bulletinThe cumulative death toll and tally went up to 19419 and 1611983 respectivelyThe bulletin said Wednesdays positivity rate is 206 per cent marginally up from the previous days count of 2 per cent The figure was 234 per cent on November 22The state conducted 39019 tests on Wednesday 3005 more than the previous days figure according to the bulletinA total of 20110616 samples have been tested in West Bengal so far it said It recorded 803 new cases of Covid-19 infection on Wednesday as against 720 on Tuesday Kolkata recorded the highest number of positive cases in the state at 247 increasing from 211 on Tuesday The metropolis is followed by North 24 Parganas 145 South 24 Parganas 62 Howrah 61 and Hooghly 57 districts Of the 12 deaths in the state four was recorded in Kolkata while North 24 Parganas and Nadia followed with two each a bulletin said South 24 Parganas Purba Bardhaman Jalpaiguri and Malda districts reported one death each it said As 811 Covid-19 patients were discharged on Wednesday the recovery rate stood at 9831 per cent Altogether 1584670 people have so far been cured of the disease the bulletin said The number of active cases on Wednesday fell to 7894 from 7914 the previous day PTI AMR NN NN
