By way of PTI
KOLKATA: West Bengal’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 18,97,699 on Sunday with 14,938 contemporary instances, whilst 36 extra fatalities driven the dying toll to twenty,088, a well being division bulletin mentioned.
The state had registered 19,064 new infections and 39 deaths on Saturday.
Its positivity fee stood at 27.73 in keeping with cent, the bulletin mentioned.
Kolkata registered the best selection of contemporary fatalities at 12, adopted via 5 in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district and 4 in Howrah.
The state capital logged 3,893 single-day instances.
West Bengal now has 1,60,305 lively instances, and 17,17,306 other people have recovered from the illness, together with 9,973 since Saturday.
The state has examined over 2.23 crore samples to this point, making an allowance for 53,876 such scientific examinations previously 24 hours, down from 64,572 samples yesterday, the bulletin added.