After Durga Puja celebrations, Bengal reports steady Covid surge for third consecutive day

After Durga Puja celebrations, Bengal reports steady Covid surge for third consecutive day

Although the state’s positivity rate improved from 2.52% on Thursday, at 2.10%, it is still higher than the national average. (File) West Bengal’s Covid-19 caseload surged for a third consecutive day as the state recorded 846 fresh cases and 12 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the health department said in its daily bulletin. Experts … Read more

Durga Puja 2021: Kolkata hospital to organise special Puja for Covid-19 patients

Durga Puja 2021: Kolkata hospital to organise special Puja for Covid-19 patients

The celebration of the festival will start with a ‘purojit’ (priest) who will officiate the puja (Photo: IE/ Praveen Khanna) Durga Puja Kolkata: The raging COVID-19 has put brakes on this year’s Durga Puja festivities as well. A private hospital, however, in Kolkata decided to bring a touch of Durga Puja festival to a COVID-19 … Read more