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Bengal records 34 new covid infections, zero deaths on Thursday

While 10,253 samples were tested for the day, the total number of such clinical examinations to diagnose the infection went up to 2,50,29,651

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Press Trust of India Kolkata

West Bengal recorded fresh 34 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing the caseload to 20,18,153, a state health department bulletin said.

Twenty-one people recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours taking the cumulative number of people who have recovered from the disease to 19,96,651, the bulletin said.

Fifty-two COVID-19 cases were reported from the state on Wednesday.

With no coronavirus fatalities on Thursday, the total number of deaths stood at 21,201.

The recovery rate was 98.93 per cent and the positivity rate for the day at 0.33 per cent.

While 10,253 samples were tested for the day, the total number of such clinical examinations to diagnose the infection went up to 2,50,29,651.

 

Of the total 301 active cases as of Thursday, 21 were currently under treatment at hospitals.

During the day, as many as 73,064 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus infection.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Apr 29 2022 | 7:31 AM IST

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