West Bengal logs record 157 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, 19,006 fresh cases

A hand rickshaw puller carries passengers near a COVID-19 hospital in Kolkata. (PTI)Premium
A hand rickshaw puller carries passengers near a COVID-19 hospital in Kolkata. (PTI)
 1 min read . Updated: 19 May 2021, 10:32 PM IST Staff Writer

West Bengal's coronavirus death toll rose to 13,733 after 157 more people succumbed to the infection today, the state health department said.

Altogether 19,006 new Covid-19 cases of infection took the tally to 11,90,867.

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The number of active Covid-19 cases was reduced to 1,31,491 from Tuesday's 1,31,793.

In addition, 19,151 recoveries have been reported in a span of 24 hours, improving the discharge rate to 87.81%.

As many as 70,133 samples were tested for coronavirus in Bengal since Tuesday, the bulletin added.

Amid the second wave of Covid-19, a low-pressure area, which is very likely to form over the North Andaman Sea and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, will intensify into a cyclonic storm and reach West Bengal-Odisha coasts around May 26 evening.

This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.

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