The state capital accounted for 2,154 new cases, 51 less than Tuesday, while North 24 Parganas district registered 1,798 infections
The state has 151,702 active cases
The number of active cases now is 155,711
This season sees high flow of visitors to the mountains in north Bengal, the Sundarbans, Santiniketan, in the sea resorts of Digha and Mandarmani and other tourist destinations in the state
The number of active cases decreased by 1,682 in a day to 1,58,623
The state government allowed outdoor shooting for films, TV programmes
With strict restrictions in place, the number of Covid-19 infections has reduced significantly in West Bengal, as per the state health department
The state had registered 19,064 new infections and 39 deaths on Saturday
West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 18,82,761 on Saturday as 19,064 more people tested positive for the infection, 3,581 less than the previous day, a health bulletin said. The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 20,052 as 39 more patients succumbed to the infection, it said. West Bengal's positivity rate slightly improved to 29.52 per cent from 31.14 per cent on the previous day, the bulletin said. Kolkata registered the highest number of fresh fatalities at 12, followed by 10 in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district, it said. The number of active cases increased by 9,893 to 1,55,376, while 9,132 more people recovered from the disease, but the discharge rate deteriorated to 90.68 per cent. The state has tested over 2.22 crore samples for COVID-19 so far, including 64,572 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.
The West Bengal Election Commission on Saturday postponed polls to four municipal corporations by three weeks to February 12 in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
The state government allowed marriage functions with a maximum of 200 attendees or 50 per cent of the venue's capacity, whichever is lesser,
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday alleged that vice chancellors of 25 state universities have been appointed so far sans his nod as the chancellor.
The positivity rate dipped to 31.14 per cent from 32.13 per cent a day ago.
Party spokesman Kunal Ghosh said TMC has taken serious view of Banerjee's comments
The accident occurred around 5 p.m. in an area under the Alipurduar division of Northeast Frontier Railway
Banerjee was speaking at a virtual meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The accident occurred around 5 p.m. in an area under Alipurduar division of Northeast Frontier Railway
CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the Ganga Sagar Mela, which is held annually in West Bengal's Gangasagar
Kolkata accounted for 7,060 cases, 495 more than what was reported on Tuesday
He was seen having an altercation with police officials