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West Bengal registers 371 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

| @indiablooms | May 31, 2020, at 07:00 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal has witnessed a massive single day spike of 371 COVID-19 positive cases, officials said on Sunday.

Eight people have died during the last 24 hours.

Total number of cases in the state now at 5501.

There are 3027 active cases So far, 2157 people have bee discharged from hospital.

In the state, 2,02,751 samples have been tested so far.

The CM Mamata Banerjee-led government announced to extend the lockdown in the state till June 15.However, the lockdown was extended only in the “affected areas” within containment zones.

The government, however, gave greater relaxation in all other areas.The Union government extended the lockdown with greater relaxations till June 30.

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