West Bengal reports 62 new Covid-19 deaths, 3,165 new infections

West Bengal reported 62 COVID-19 fatalities on Monday, the highest single-day spike so far, pushing the death toll to 4,421, a bulletin released by the health department said.

The state's caseload climbed to 2,28,302 with 3,165 new infections, it



said.

A total of 3,011 people recovered from the disease since Sunday, bettering the discharge rate to 87.16 per cent, the bulletin said.

West Bengal now has 24,898 active cases.

In the last 24 hours, 43,313 samples have been tested for COVID-19, it added.