Kolkata: Daily Covid infection has slightly gone up on Saturday with 283 new cases being registered by the health department while on Friday the daily cases stood at 232.
State has also seen a rise in Covid positivity with the figure standing at 2.94 per cent on Saturday. Covid positivity rate was registered at 2.23 per cent on Friday.
Bengal has so far administered over 1,32,18,268 booster doses cumulatively on the people till August 27. Around 7,29,52,395 crore people received the first dose so far while 6,46,52,395 crore people received two doses of Covid vaccine.
Around 1,83,276 Covid vaccine doses were administered on people on Friday. Health department has already urged all the districts to complete booster vaccinations as much as possible ahead of Durga puja as there is a possibility for the infection to rise.
Around 3 fatalities have been reported across the state on Saturday, unchanged from Friday's figure. As many as 346 patients have been discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours as they recovered from Covid. Recovery rate stood at 98.84 per cent on Saturday. State has so far registered 21,06,302 Covid cases out of which 20,81,811 people have recovered. Around 21,457 people have so far died of Covid in Bengal till August 27.
There are currently around 119 people who are undergoing treatment at hospitals with Covid infection. Around 2,915 patients are in home isolation. Covid fatality stands at 1.02 per cent for over four weeks.
Around 9,633 samples were tested in the state on Saturday. State has so far carried out 26,255,989 sample tests so far till date.