Kolkata, July 11 -- Registering the biggest single-day spike with fresh 1,344 infections in the last 24 hours, the total number of Covid-19 cases in West Bengal on Saturday mounted to 28,453, including 9,588 active cases, 906 fatalities and 17,959 recoveries.

According to a bulletin issued by the state health department, in the last 24 hours, 26 more deaths were recorded in the state while 611 Covid-19 patients were discharged from different health facilities after treatment. Covid-19 recovery rate in Bengal has further dropped to 63.11% from earlier 63.99%.

West Bengal has tested 6,05,370 samples till date with 11,403 tests being conducted in 52 testing facilities across the state in the past 24 hours, reports said.

Currently, 4,805 p...