Bengal: Five more deaths and 124 infections in one day

During the same period, another 124 people have tested positive taking their total number to over 2,000 so far.

A Medical Bulletin issued by the state Health Department informed last night that since the number of those who also lost their lives in the state because of various other comorbidities remained stagnant at 72, the total number of deaths since the outbreak of the killer disease had now gone up to 190 (118 plus 72).

Among the 5 deceased yesterday, three were from Kolkata, while the remaining two died in North 24 Parganas district, the Bulletin said.

As a result, the total number of affected has gone up to 2,065 from 1,939. Since yesterday a record number of  82 Corona positive patients recovered and released from different hospitals, while 499 people have returned home after recovering from the disease.

Moreover, of the total 124 additional people tested positive yesterday, the highest number of 66 were from different parts of  Kolkata, followed by others from Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Midnapore, Hooghly and Nadia districts.

As the maximum number of those affected were from Kolkata, the City police increased the number of Containment zones in the city to prevent further spread of the disease in new areas and took the total number of Containment zones to 518 in the state including as many as 337 in the city alone, with a maximum number of them remaining in North Kolkata.

Referring to the total number of people being treated in different Covid-19 hospitals, the  Bulletin said it was to the tune of 1,459, while over 4,000 people were still being in government quarantine facilities and another about 5,000 were in Home quarantine so far.

After ramping up the testing facilities of suspected and asymptomatic patients in altogether 18 laboratories, as many as 3,300 sample testing was done yesterday taking their total number to 42,539 so far.

Expressing concern at the growing number of positive patients among the frontline workers including those from the Police Force and other security forces including the BSF and CISF besides doctors and nurses, the Bulletin said in a sudden surge as many as 5 police personnel tested positive yesterday.

In addition, 15 doctors and 12 nurses in different hospitals in Kolkata, Howrah and in North 24 Parganas also tested positive and were admitted to hospitals. As a result, altogether 49 Medical staff had so far been sent to self-quarantine providing yet another massive blow to the overall fight against the killer disease, the Bulletin said.