The number of Covid-19 cases in West Bengal crossed the 20,000-mark as the state reported its highest single-day spike of 669 new infections on Friday, according to a bulletin issued by the Health Department.
The fresh cases pushed the virus count to 20,488 in the state, it added.
The state also reported the highest number of fatalities on a single day at 18, raising the death toll to 717, the bulletin said.
There are 6,200 active Covid-19 cases in the state at present.
Since Thursday, 534 people have been discharged from different hospitals in the state after they recovered from the infection.
In the last 24 hours, a record 11,053 samples were tested for Covid-19, it said.
(Published 03 July 2020, 16:09 IST)
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