Kolkata Sep 25 PTI West Bengal on Saturday reported 762 new COVID-19 cases 18 more than the previous day with the tally rising to 1565645 a health department bulletin said Eleven more fatalities due to the infection raised the toll to 18727 it said North 24 Parganas accounted for three fresh COVID-19 fatalities while Kolkata and Nadia reported two each Of the new cases 137 were registered in Kolkata and 127 in North 24 Parganas Altogether 766 more people were cured of the disease since Friday taking the total number of recoveries to 1539244 The discharge rate stands at 9831 per cent West Bengal now has 7674 active cases the bulletin said Over 179 crore samples have been tested thus far including 41046 since Friday and the positivity rate currently stands at 186 per cent At least 942011 people were inoculated on Saturday and over 548 crore eligible beneficiaries received at least one dose of the vaccines it added PTI SUS BDC BDC
Kolkata Sep 25 PTI A middle-aged man who underwent a lung transplant operation at a city-based private hospital passed away three days after the complicated surgery was performed on him authorities said on Saturday The IT professional who had both of his lungs completely damaged due to the post-COVID-19 complications and underwent the transplantation on September 21 breathed his last at around 845 pm Friday an official of the hospital said Doctors had conducted a marathon surgery in their bid to give him a new lease of life after the vital organs of a 52-year brain dead person in Gujarats Surat was brought in a special flight to the city on Monday The recipient had developed complications following recovery from COVID-19 and was on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ECMO support for over three months but his condition had never improved A lung transplant is reserved for people who have tried other medications or treatments but their conditions havent sufficiently improved PTI SCH RG RG
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