West Bengal on Wednesday witnessed record 61 people succumbing to COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 1,846, the health department said. The coronavirus caseload also went up to 83,800 after the state reported the highest single-day spike of 2,816 new infections, the department said in a bulletin. Since Tuesday, 2,078 people have recovered from the disease. The number of active patients stood at 22,992, the bulletin said.
