Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 4,837 with the death of 56
persons on Monday, while the tally touched 2,50,580 with 3,155 new confirmed cases.
According to the latest State Government Health bulletin, the active cases accounted
for 25,899, while the number of discharged cases stood at 2,19,844.
The percentage of discharged rose to 87.73 per cent.
The bulletin said the total number of samples tested stood at 31,39,938 with 41,281
tested in the past 24 hours.
While the city recorded the highest number of 1684 deaths so far, surrounding districts
of North 24 Parganas and Howrah came second and third respectively with 1077 and 552
fatalities.
South 24 Parganas accounted for 309 deaths, the toll in Hooghly stoo...