Bengal records 184 Covid cases; 1 death in past 24 hrs

KOLKATA: State on Wednesday saw 184 fresh Covid cases from what was registered at 180 on Tuesday. The Covid positivity rate, however, dropped to 2.93 per cent from what remained at 3.02 per cent on Tuesday.

Covid positivity rate in Bengal on Monday stood at 2.96 per cent from 3.09 per cent on Sunday. The number of daily infected cases on Monday registered at 100 while on Sunday, 171 new cases were reported in the state. One Covid death was reported on Wednesday, unchanged from Tuesday's figure. Bengal has so far seen 21,518 Covid death tolls so far. Bengal has so far seen 21,16,323 Covid cases out of which around 20,93,225 people have been recovered. Around 6,282 samples were tested in the state on Wednesday. State has so far carried out 26,571,851 sample tests so far till date.

As many as 246 patients have been discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours as they recovered from Covid. Recovery rate stood at 98.91 per cent on Wednesday.

Around 59 Covid patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.