West Bengal reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, total fatalities rise to 22

West Bengal reported two more COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday, raising the death toll due to the deadly virus in the state to 22, Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said.

The top state bureaucrat said 28 new cases of COVID-19 have emerged from Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 and South 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts.

Till Tuesday, 663 people in West Bengal were infected with coronavirus, he said.

The Union health ministry, however, put the figure at 697.

The total number of active cases is 522 and 119 people have been discharged so far, Sinha said.

Elaborating about the treatment of patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms and cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, at home, he said, "At home quarantine, they must be alert and have a 24x7 care giver. The patients must reside in a house where they can stay independently without mixing with any other family member."