The number of active Covid-19 cases in Bengal rose by 5,110 on Wednesday, to 63,496.
After five months of gradually climbing down from 37,190 to 3,110 cases, the total is now at its highest this pandemic, beating the October 26-level by over 26,000.
Of the 58 deaths reported on Wednesday, 13 were from the city and 14 from North 24-Parganas.
The state recorded 10,784 new infections on Wednesday. While Calcutta recorded 2,568 new infections, North 24-Parganas reported 2,149. The state logged 5,616 recoveries.
The CPM’s candidate from Jadavpur, Sujan Chakra-borty; Trinamul Congress’s Kamarhati candidate Madan Mitra; Trinamul’s Khardah candidate Kajal Sinha; and Congress’s state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have tested positive for Covid
“It is the extensive campaign, with little or no regard for Covid-19 safety protocols, and for the mega eight-phase polls that dragged Bengal down, after that exemplary turnaround,” said a minister.
“Every party in the state now has thousands of infected people, because they took part in the campaign,” he added.
