Twelve more persons died of COVID-19 in West Bengal on Sunday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 475 in the state, a health department bulletin said. Eleven of the 12 deaths were because of "comorbidities, where COVID-19 was incidental", it added.
West Bengal registered 389 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally
of such cases to 11,087 in the state, the bulletin said. The number of active cases is 5,552.
A total of 518 people have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recovered people in the state to 5,060.
Since Saturday, 9,026 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal, the bulletin said.