Kolkata: West Bengal’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 1,29,119 Thursday with the highest single-day spike of 3,197 infections. This information was given by the West Bengal Health Ministry in a statement. It also said that the death toll in the state rose to 2,634 after 53 persons succumbed to the virus since Wednesday.
A total of 3,126 patients recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. The recoveries bettered the discharge rate to 76.51 per cent, the department said in a bulletin.
West Bengal now has 27,696 active cases. At least 35,059 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours, the statement added.
West Bengal will be going in for a two day complete shutdown beginning Friday. During this period active surveillance will continue in various parts of the state.
PTI
