Outside south Bengal epicentre, Covid situation turns worse in six districts
(WorldNews India)

West Bengal`s Covid-19 case count increased to 95,554 on Sunday as the pandemic continued to wreak havoc, with Purba Medinipur and five other districts emerging as new areas of concern apart from the infection epicentre in South Bengal. The state added a massive 20,038 infections — the highest till date — to its caseload this week, and reported a record 381 deaths. However, despite the massive additions to the case count and deaths, both the average weekly growth of infection and the case fatality rate (CFR) registered marginal declines. The infection grew 3.8 per cent, down from 4.08 per cent the week before, while the CFR came down from 2.22 per cent to 2.15 per cent as a result of the...