WB sees new single-day high of 476 Covid-19 cases; tally over 10,000

West Bengal on Friday breached the 10,000-mark in Covid-19 cases with the highest single-day spike yet of 476 infections, raising the tally to 10,224, the health department said.

The death toll due to Covid-19 in the state rose to 451, with nine more people succumbing to the disease since Thursday evening, it said.

All nine of them died due to co-morbidities, and Covid-19 in these cases was "incidental", the department said in its bulletin.

The number of active cases in West Bengal currently stands