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19 Aug 2020, 10:48 PM IST
West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,25,922 on Wednesday following a single-day spike of 3,169 cases, while the death toll mounted to 2,581 with 53 more fatalities
PremiumWEST BENGAL : West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,25,922 on Wednesday following a single-day spike of 3,169 cases, while the death toll mounted to 2,581 with 53 more fatalities, the state health department said.
The discharge rate in the state improved to 75.97% after 2,973 patients recovered from the disease since Tuesday, it said in a bulletin.
West Bengal now has 27,678 active cases.
Altogether 34,358 samples were tested during this period, the bulletin said.
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Published: 19 Aug 2020, 10:48 PM IST
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