Live updates: At 96, Bengal reports highest Covid deaths in a day
West Bengal on Friday registered the highest single-day Covid-19 deaths with 96 people succumbing to the disease, the health department said in a bulletin. The tally mounted at 8,28,366 with a record one-day spike of 17,411 new cases of infection. Stay with us for all live updates from across India.
At 96, Bengal reports highest Covid deaths in a day
West Bengal on Friday registered the highest single-day Covid-19 deaths with 96 people succumbing to the disease, the health department said in a bulletin. The tally mounted at 8,28,366 with a record one-day spike of 17,411 new cases of infection. Of the fresh fatalities, 28 were reported from Kolkata, 20 from North 24 Parganas district and 14 from Hooghly district, the bulletin said. The remaining deaths were registered in several other districts. (PTI)
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