Bengal reports 377 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
Kolkata: West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 20,99,433 on Monday as 377 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said.
The daily positivity rate is 5.73 per cent as 377 infections were detected out of 6,574 samples tested, it said.
The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 21,400 as five more persons died of the disease, it said.
The state now has 7,302 active COVID-19 cases.
At least 917 more people recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 20,70,731, the bulletin said.
The COVID-19 recovery rate currently is 98.63 per cent.
The state had reported 639 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday.
