{"id":5662,"date":"2020-11-17T20:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2020-11-17T20:18:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:48:34","slug":"active-covid-cases-drop-in-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/active-covid-cases-drop-in-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Covid cases drop in West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>West Bengal, 17th November: <\/strong>There is a sharp drop in the number of active <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/covid19-northeast-statewise-tally\/\">Covid<\/a><\/span><\/span> cases in Bengal. According to the reports, only 3,012 new infections were recorded on Monday while the number of people recovered was 4,376. The discharge rate moved up to 91.81 percent and the active caseload declined by a massive 1,417 to 27,897 cases.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/wb.gov.in\/\">health<\/a><\/span><\/span> bulletin, 53 deaths occurred in 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,714.\u00a0 Among the deaths, there was a Kolkata Police officer who was a sub-inspector in the Special Branch. Manab Bandyopadhyay, in his forties, was recently diagnosed with the disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Kolkata Police tweeted, <strong>\u201cWe deeply mourn the untimely demise of Sub-Inspector Manab Bandopadhyay, who was posted in the Special Branch. He was affected with Covid-19 and was at the forefront of our fight against corona.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We deeply mourn the untimely demise of Constable Kamal Krishna Bal, who was posted in the Reserve Force. <\/p>\n<p>He was affected with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> and was at the forefront of our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightAgainstCorona?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightAgainstCorona<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaluteBraveheart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaluteBraveheart<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPKolkata?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CPKolkata<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8WZzLeVeBh\">pic.twitter.com\/8WZzLeVeBh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kolkata Police (@KolkataPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KolkataPolice\/status\/1328572735744839682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kolkata and its adjacent districts, however, have continued to report a major share in the caseload. 728 persons tested positive in Kolkata and 718 tested positive in North 24 Parganas.<\/p>\n<p>Although the recovery rate has brought down active Covid cases in both Kolkata and North 24 Parganas that are the heart of the pandemic\u2019s epicenter in the state. 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