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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why you should shun so-called immunity boosters

Cases in West Bengal cross 65,000, few sanitation workers getting training, info on health checkups, and making sense of sero-survey results-news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

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A health worker taking a swab test of a woman during the lockdown, in Kolkata on Saturday

Sarah Farooqui New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2020 | 5:12 PM IST

Managing Covid-19

Covid-19 cases in West Bengal cross 65,000: West Bengal observed a near total lockdown on Wednesday even as it recorded 2,294 new Covid-19 cases, taking its total case tally past the 65,000 mark to 65,268. The active cases in the State now stand at 19,652. The death toll from the pandemic rose to 1,490, with 41 more deaths reported on Wednesday. Kolkata recorded 17 of the 41 deaths, followed by nine in North 24 Parganas, five in South 24 Parganas and four in Howrah. Read more here.

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