Kolkata Records 1,090 New Covid Cases, 101% Jump In A Day
NDTV
Bengal's case positivity rate has shot to 5.4 per cent, according to the official health bulletin.
Kolkata today reported a whopping spike today as its daily case count more than doubled to 1,090 from 540 yesterday. The city's daily cases recorded a 101.85% jump today. Bengal logged 2,128 cases in the same period with 12 related deaths.
The state's case positivity rate has shot to 5.4 per cent, according to the official health bulletin.
Earlier today, the Union Health Ministry had said that Kolkata's case positivity rate is one of the highest in the country at 12.5% and that Bengal is one of the emerging "states of concern" on the basis of weekly cases and positivity rate. The other states are Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Maharashtra.
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