Covid-19: Bengal registers highest one-day spike with 895 cases; 21 more die

West Bengal on Sunday registered the highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases with 895 new infections, while the death toll due to the disease reached 757 after a record of 21 deaths, the health department said.

With the new cases, the state's infection tally reached 22,126.

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The number of active cases rose to 6,658.

Since Saturday, 545 patients recovered from the disease in the state, the health department said in a bulletin.