Kolkata, Sept. 22 -- The COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 4,421 with the death of 62
persons on Monday, the highest so far on a single day since the first casualty to pandemic
was reported in March end, while the tally touched 2,28,302 with 3,165 new confirmed
cases.
According to the latest State Government Health bulletin, the active cases accounted
for 24,898, while the number of discharged cases stood at 1,98,983.
The percentage of discharged rose to 87.16 per cent.
The bulletin said the total number of samples tested stood at 28,33,831 with 43,313
tested till yesterday.
While the city recorded the highest number of 1600 deaths so far, surrounding districts
of North 24 Parganas and Howrah came second and third respectively with 9...