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West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 19,49,074 on Friday as 9,154 people tested positive for the infection, 1,805 less than the previous day, a health bulletin said.
In a unique initiative, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal administration has started distributing fruit baskets and ‘get well soon' cards among Covid patients.
“The positivity rate has shot up to 50% in our lab. The pressure to test samples is tremendous. But it is good that people are going for the test. How fast we detect and isolate has an impact both on treatment and mortality,” said nuclear cardiologist Alok Roy, chairman of Medica Group of Hospitals.
“In our lab, the positivity currently is about 55%,” said a NICED Kolkata official.
Every major lab in the city started seeing a sharp rise in positive samples in April with the rate going past 20% by the second week, and there has been no stopping after that. “Even during the post-Durga Puja surge last year we would find about 30% samples positive. This time it has crossed the previous year’s record,” said Chaudhuri.