West Bengal's COVID-19 tally climbs to 1,10,358 with record 3,035 new cases

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally jumped to 1,10,358 on Friday with the highest single-day spike of 3,035 cases, the health department said. The death toll mounted to 2,319 after 60 more patients succumbed to the disease, it said in a bulletin.

The discharge rate improved to 73.57 per cent as 2,572 people recovered from the disease since Thursday. West Bengal now has 26,850 active cases. In the last 24 hours, a record 31,317 samples have been tested in the state, the bulletin added.