Ankur Bhattacharya, Kolkata: The total number of casualties due to Covid-19 pandemic in West Bengal crossed the 5,000 mark today to reach up to a record figure of 5017 this evening following the deaths of another 59 people during the last 24 hours in different hospitals, posing a grim picture of the overall situation.
At the same time another record number of 3,275 people tested Covid-19 positive in the state causing concern for all for its unabated rapid growth.
Informing this the latest Medical Bulletin issued by the state Health department here tonight said in the wake of an unabated surge in the number of infected people in one day, like a record number of 3,275 people today, the absolute number of those affected by Corona virus in Bengal crossed a record 2.57 lakhs today to touch the figure of 2,60,324, up from 2,57,049 yesterday
Among today’s 59 new casualties,22 were the residents of Kolkata and 24 belonged to North 24 Parganas and Howrah, while the rest were from other districts of South and North Bengal,the Bulletin said.
Of the record number of 3,275 fresh Covid cases in one day in the state, the maximum 2267 were from Kolkata alone, followed by those from other districts,the bulletin said.
Meanwhile,the total number of Active and serious Corona cases in different hospitals after several days of downward trend, once again increased by 220 today to take their total number to over 26,000 to exactly 26,552 from 26,332 barely 24 hours ago.
In this present grim situation the only positive indication was the rapid increase in the number of daily Covid-19 tests in the state. But after a few days of ups and down, it has once again settled in the range of 43,000 per day today for sometime from around as high as 47,000 at one point of time. With the daily tests reaching the figure of 43,854 tonight from 43,765 43,759 yesterday, the total number of tests now touched the astounding figure of over 3.2 million to 32,71,316 tonight from 32,27,462 yesterday, the Bulletin said
Similarly the rate of recovery of Covid-19 patients in West Bengal during the day also barely increased to 87.87 per cent by tonight from 87.83 per cent yesterday, compared to the national average of around 86 per cent.
Altogether 2,996 people were discharged from different hospitals and safely returned home today, the Bulletin said adding so far altogether 2,28,755 people, up from 2,25,759 people yesterday, were able to return home after recovery.
