CM Mamata Banerjee's sudden visit to Khanpukur left the villagers surprised. She crossed the Ichamati River to reach the remote village to know whether the State government welfare schemes are reaching people.

South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], March 29 (ANI): A house in South 24 Parganas, Basanti was burnt to ashes after a bomb explosion on Tuesday evening.

Kolkata Feb 21 PTI A total of 200 fresh COVID-19 cases 78 less than the previous days figure were reported in West Bengal on Monday which pushed the tally to 2013553 a health department bulletin saidEleven fresh fatalities took the coronavirus death toll to 21143 A total of 1987967 people have recovered from the disease so far including 1286 in the last 24 hours the bulletin said The recovery rate is 9873 per cent while the positivity rate is 094 per cent West Bengal currently has 4443 active cases down by 1097 since Sunday the bulletin said Kolkata registered 43 fresh infections and North 24 Parganas district 41 As many as 21371 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours raising the total number of such examinations to 24016238 the bulletin added PTI SUS NN NN

Kolkata Feb 20 PTI West Bengal recorded 13 COVID-19 deaths and 278 more cases on Sunday according to Health Department dataThe toll rose to 21132 with the latest deaths Of the 13 more deaths Kolkata recorded seven while two persons died in South 24 Parganas district it saidNorth 24 Parganas Purba Medinipur Uttar Dinajpur and Darjeeling recorded one death each it saidThe positivity rate rose to 090 per cent from 079 per cent the previous day while the number of daily tests was lower -- 30735 on Sunday as against 35591 on SaturdayNorth 24 Parganas recorded the highest number of new cases at 43 followed by 40 in Kolkata according to the dataWith 1373 people discharged on Sunday the recovery rate was at 9868 per cent it saidThere are 5540 active cases in the state at present the bulletin saidA total of 1986681 patients have been discharged so far it said adding that so far 2013353 cases were recorded in the state PTI AMR SOM SOM

North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], February 19 (ANI): In a tale that speaks of communal harmony in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, a Hindu family has been for the last 50 years acting as caretakers of the Amanati Masjid in Barasat here.

Kolkata Jan 31 PTI West Bengals new Covid-19 cases on Monday dropped to 1910 from 3427 the previous day while the overall infection tally climbed to 1995516 the health department said in a bulletinThe state recorded 36 more coronavirus fatalities taking the death toll to 20619The number of active cases decreased by 5853 in a day to be 25709 the bulletin saidAltogether 7727 Covid patients recovered from the disease during the day pushing the total number of cured people to 1949188 The discharge rate now is 9768 per centOf the fresh fatalities 13 were registered in North 24 Parganas district followed by five in Kolkata and three in Nadia districtNorth 24 Parganas also recorded the highest number of new infections at 233 while Kolkata Darjeeling and Hooghly districts logged 179 150 and 141 cases respectively the bulletin saidIn the last 24 hours West Bengal tested 34817 samples for Covid-19 taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 23218059 it added PTI SCH NN NN

Kolkata Jan 29 PTI West Bengals COVID-19 tally rose to 1990179 on Saturday as 3512 people tested positive for the infection 293 less than the previous day a health bulletin said Thirty-five more patients succumbed to the infection pushing the states coronavirus death toll to 20550 it said The state had registered 3805 cases and 34 fatalities on Friday Of the 3512 cases 459 were reported in Kolkata and 433 in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district Ten fatalities were recorded in North 24 Parganas five in South 24 Parganas four in Hooghly and three in Kolkata The number of active cases dipped by 7811 to 37918 while 1931711 people recovered from the disease so far including 11288 in the last 24 hours The positivity rate stood at 565 per cent as 62125 samples were tested in the last 24 hours taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 23126157 The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients improved to 9706 per cent from 9667 per cent on Friday The mortality rate stood at 103 per cent PTI SUS ACD ACD

Kolkata Jan 22 PTI West Bengal on Saturday recorded 9191 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 fatalities a bulletin of the state health department said The caseload in the infection is now 1958265 The bulletin said the positivity rate improved to 1113 per cent from Fridays 1258 per cent and the number of active cases declined by 11159 to 123657 At least 20313 recoveries were reported in West Bengal in the past 24 hours which improved the discharge rate to 9265 per cent So far 1814306 people have recovered from the disease in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic it said The largest number of COVID-19 fatalities were reported from the city and neighbouring which recorded seven deaths each on Saturday Neighbouring North 24 Parganas district accounted for six deaths Hooghly four three each in South 24 Parganas and Birbhum districts and the rest from other districts of Bengal The total number of deaths in the state due to the pandemic is now 20302 the health department bulletin said The days maximum number of 1489 fresh infections was reported from the city followed by North 24 Parganas with 1360 cases it said Since Friday Bengal tested 82564 samples taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 22706510 the bulletin added On Saturday Bengal administered 480356 vaccines taking the total number of jabs given till date to 117962562 an official said PTI SCH KK KK KK

Kolkata Dec 31 PTI West Bengal which is witnessing a sudden spurt in Covid-19 cases from the beginning of this week recorded 3451 infections on Friday with Kolkata alone accounting for 1954 or 56 per cent of these a Health department bulletin said The state had recorded 2128 Covid-19 cases on Thursday with the metropolis accounting for 1090 of that While the states fresh infections shot up by 62 per cent in the last 24 hours the eastern metropoliss new Covid cases went up by 79 per cent Compared to Wednesday the fresh infection numbers for Kolkata were almost four-times alarming health administrators The city had let down its guard in recent days with merry-makers thronging the streets and the citys clubs and restaurants on Christmas eve With the number of fresh Covid-19 infections increasing Kolkata Municipal Corporation will mark out 17 containment zones in different parts of the city Mayor Firhad Hakim said Friday Hakim told reporters the civic body will also make Safe Homes set up during the first Coranavirus pandemic wave operational again These will be for people who cannot not self-isolate themselves at their residence as they either lived alone with no care-giver or lived in cramped shared living space which did not permit self-isolation He said luckily 80 per cent of the new covid positive cases were asymptomatic 17 per cent had mild symptoms while 3 per cent need hospitalisation according to an analysis of data The state governments bulletin said that 7 persons died on Friday of the virus while 12 people had perished from it the previous day A total of 19764 people have died of the disease so far according to the bulletin Of the 7 deaths in the state four persons died in Kolkata 2 in North 24 Parganas and 1 in South 24 Parganas the bulletin said The positivity rate went up to 846 per cent from 547 per cent the previous day while the number of daily tests went up from Thursdays 38898 to 40813 on Friday it said North 24 Parganas followed in the second position in number of infections with 496 cases on Friday up from 315 on the previous day the bulletin said Apart from Kolkata and North 24 Parganas the other districts which recorded high incidence of cases were Howrah 298 South 24 Parganas 126 Hooghly 118 Malda 60 and Nadia 53 according to the data With 1510 people discharged on Friday the recovery rate stood at 9814 per cent it saidA total of 1608011 patients have been discharged so far it said adding that the total Covid cases recorded in the state was 1638485 total of 21391872 samples have been tested in West Bengal so far the bulletin said PTI AMR SUS JRC JRC

Kolkata Dec 17 PTI West Bengal on Friday reported 580 new COVID-19 cases 80 less than the previous days figure pushing the overall tally to 1625955 a health department bulletin saidThe death toll rose to 19652 as seven more people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours it said The number of fatalities due to coronavirus was 12 on ThursdayNorth 24 Parganas accounted for four new deaths while one fatality each was recorded in Kolkata Nadia and Birbhum districtsKolkata reported the highest number of fresh cases at 172 followed by North 24 Parganas at 98 the bulletin saidAt least 566 people were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 1598790 The discharge rate stood at 9833 per centWest Bengal now has 7513 active cases seven more than the previous days count The positivity rate stood at 144 per centThe state has so far conducted over 29 crore sample tests including 40371 during the dayAltogether 275504 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered on Friday a health department official saidSo far over 983 crore doses have been given PTI SUS NN NN