Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 13:39 IST
West Bengal on Monday registered 4,511 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the pandemic started last year, pushing the state s tally to 6,19,407, the state health department said. As the second wave hits the country, Bengal reports 4,511 new cases and 14 deaths in last 24 hours.. | Photo Credit: AP
Kolkata: West Bengal on Monday registered 4,511 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the pandemic started last year, pushing the state s tally to 6,19,407, the state health department said in a bulletin.
Kolkata also set a record of 1,115 new cases.
The state reported this year s highest COVID-19 fatalities at 14 on Monday, pushing the death toll to 10,414.
Congress’ Manikchak candidate Mottakin Alam was targeted and his vehicle badly damaged in an attack on Sunday.
KOLKATA: Clashes, attacks and recovery of arms and ammunition on Sunday marked West Bengal’s run-up to the fifth phase of polls scheduled for Saturday (April 17).
Most clashes were reported between Trinamool Congress and main opposition party BJP. The trend was broken in Malda, a traditional Congress turf, where a clash broke out between Congress and Trinamool supporters. Congress veteran Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (Dalu), brother of late Gani Khan Choudhury, was attacked by “Trinamool goons” on the way back from a political meeting at Fulbaria in Manikchak assembly constituency.
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KOLKATA: The Covid-19 vaccination drive has hit a roadblock in West Bengal owing to shortage of doses at various medical establishments, a senior official of the state s health department said on Sunday. He said the central government has been apprised of the situation and more vaccines are on their way. Several hospitals in West Bengal have either stopped the inoculation drive or are using the limited stock they have at the moment, the official told . We have sent requisitions to the Centre. We expect to receive about four lakh doses on Monday, he added.
A top official of CMRI Hospital said the state government has asked the medical facility to slow down the vaccination process to deal with the current scarcity.