KOLKATA: The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal increased to 1,290 on Friday after 35 people succumbed to the disease, the health department said.
A total of 2,216 fresh coronavirus cases was also reported and the state's tally now stands at 53,973, the department said in a bulletin.
The number of active patients is 19,154, it said.
West Bengal also registered its highest single-day recovery on Friday as 1,873 patients were cured of the disease, the bulletin said.