Kolkata, Nov 17 (UNI) The total active Covid cases in Bengal decreased further as
the recovery rate continued to grow, with the number of discharged persons also
increasing steadily.
According to the latest State Government Health bulletin, the active cases accounted
for 27,897, while the number of discharged cases stood at 3,98,952.
The percentage of discharged rose to 91.81 per cent.
The COVID-19 toll in the state rose to 7,714 with the death of 53 persons on Monday,
while the total cases tally touched 4,34,563 with 3,012 new confirmed cases.
The bulletin said the total number of samples tested stood at 52,56,926 with 38,127
tested in the past 24 hours.
While the city recorded the highest number of 2435 deaths so far, surrounding districts
of North 24 Parganas and Howrah came second and third respectively with 1794 and 817
fatalities.
South 24 Parganas accounted for 515 deaths, the toll in Hooghly stood at 370, Darjeeling
159, Paschim and Purba Midnapore 238 and 219 respectively, Malda 92, Murshidabad 108,
Nadia 197, Paschim Bardhaman 115, Purba Bardhaman 78, Jalpaiguri 112, Uttar Dinajpur 55,
Dakshin Dinajpur 55, Birbhum 64, Alipurduar 80, Kalimpong 19, Cooch Behar 57, Purulia 35,
Jhargram 13 and Bankura 84.
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