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COVID-19: West Bengal records highest single-day spike of 1894 cases, 26 more deaths reported

| @indiablooms | Jul 18, 2020, at 05:04 am

Kolkata/IBNS: With the highest one-day spike of 1,894 infections, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in West Bengal has mounted to 38,011, including 14,709 active ones, 1,049 deaths and 22,253 recoveries, the state health department said on Friday.

According to a bulletin issued by West Bengal Health and Family Welfare (WBHFW) department, in the last 24 hours, 26 more deaths were reported while 838 Covid-19 patients were discharged from different health facilities across the state after treatment, though the recovery rate has further dropped to 58.54 per cent from 59.29 per cent.

West Bengal has tested 6,76,348 samples till date with 13,240 tests conducted in 54 testing facilities across the state in the last 24 hours, reports said.

Currently, 3839 persons are kept in government quarantine centres and 27410 people are under home surveillance in the state.


 

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