West Bengal on Saturday experienced its worst day since the Covid-19 pandemic began, registering the highest single-day increase in fatalities and cases with 19 deaths and 743 positive tests. With the latest infections, the case count crossed 21,000 to settle at 21,231, thus marking the fastest addition of 1,000 cases. The infection tally had crossed the 20,000 mark Friday. The test positivity rate, which has been increasing consistently, was 4.01%, said the state health department. It was above 4% last time on May 12. However, it was testing fewer people at the time — 585 tests per million compared to 5,890 now. Most of the latest deaths,14, and infections, 488, were reported from Kolkata,...
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