West Bengal reports 1,253 new Covid-19 cases, 33 fresh fatalities

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally mounted to 5,46,008 on Saturday as 1,253 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. Thirty-three more people succumbed to the infection, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 9,569. As many as 1,861 more people have been cured of the



disease, taking the state's recovery count to 5,22,331, the bulletin said.
 
The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state has improved to 95.66 per cent, it said. North 24 Parganas district reported the highest number of new cases at 270, followed by Kolkata (262), the bulletin said.