New Covid Cases Fall Below 10,000 In Bengal After 40 Days

In the last 24 hours, 137 more patients died of the disease pushing the death count to 15,678, the health department said.

After a gap of 40 days, fresh COVID-19 cases plummeted below the 10,000-mark in West Bengal on Tuesday with 9,424 new infections reported in 24 hours. The state was registering over 10,000 cases daily since April 21. In the last 24 hours, 137 more patients died of the disease pushing the death count to 15,678, the health department said. The overall caseload is now 13,85,801.