The number of new cases in West Bengal increased further on Friday as it registered 846 cases. The number of new cases in West Bengal has almost doubled in the last seven days. On 16 October, 443 new cases were reported in Bengal coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) in 24 hours. The next day, it increased to 624.
Health department sources said that it was expected that After Durga Puja festivalThe number of cases will increase. He said the actual infection scenario would be assessed after 15 days of worship.
With this latest increase, Bengal’s tally of Covid-19 infections has gone up to 15,84,492. The bulletin said that 12 new deaths were recorded in the state, taking the death toll to 19033.
West Bengal recorded 792 Covid-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours. In the bulletin of the Health Department, it has been said that the number of people who have been cured of the infection in the state has now increased to 15,57,882. The recovery rate of coronavirus patients in West Bengal is now 98.32 percent. West Bengal now has 7577 active Covid-19 cases.
According to an official, four districts – Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Howrah – remain a matter of concern for the health department. Out of 846 new cases, 591 cases have been reported from these five districts. Apart from these five cases, major cases have been reported from Nadia, Purba Burdwan, Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur and Paschim Medinipur.
The number of samples tested today has increased across the state. As on Friday, West Bengal has tested 40,303 samples for Covid-19.
Recognizing that the Covid cases may increase after the puja festival, the state government had also started preparations. Some safe houses have been identified in Kolkata and adjoining districts. The Health Department and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are now arranging special safe houses for the children.
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KMC administrator Atin Ghosh said, “Two safe houses and a quarantine center will be opened for mothers and children in Kolkata from Saturday. If the children are affected, their mother should also be admitted. Based on these possibilities, we will start these two safe houses.”
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