Bengal reports highest one-day deaths of 117 COVID patients

record 18,431 new cases
    Kolkata, May 6 (PTI) West Bengal's COVID-19 fatalities
rose to 11,964 on Thursday after 117 deaths, the highest so
far in a single day, were reported, the health department said
in a bulletin.
    The caseload also mounted to 9,35,066 after the state
registered a record one-day spike of 18,431 fresh infections.
    In the last 24 hours, 17,412 recoveries were reported
while the number of active cases increased to 1,22,774, the
bulletin said.
    Since Wednesday, 60,105 samples have been tested for
COVID-19 in West Bengal. PTI SCH
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