West Bengal records 10 more COVID-19 fatalities, 340 new cases of infection

West Bengal registered 10 more deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking ir number to 273 as 340 new cases of infection surfaced in state, officials said here.

With this, total number of confirmed cases of disease in state rises to 6,508, a state health bulletin said. Of fresh fatalities, seven were reported from Kolkata and one death each was reported from South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Darjeeling districts.

Seventy-two patients have died in West Bengal due to co-morbid conditions where COVID-19 was "incidental", bulletin maintained. state w has 3,583 active cases, it added.

At least 170 people were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, taking total number of people cured of disease to 2,580, bulletin said.