West Bengal chief secretary Rajiva Sinha on Tuesday said that the lockdown to contain Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was being taken seriously by the government and around 28,000 people have been booked in the state from the end of March till date for flouting lockdown measures. Over 3,100 first information reports (FIR) have been lodged so far, Sinha said at a press conference in the state administrative headquarters Nabanna.
The state is holding talks with the administration in Rajasthan about the students from Bengal who are stranded in Kota due to the country-wide lockdown. However, it would be impossible to bring them back to Bengal amidst the lockdown as that will flout the lockdown rules, Sinha said. A nodal officer has been assigned to coordinate with the government and help in arranging what they needed.
The number of COVID-19 tests done in Bengal till date is 6,182 of which 713 were done in the last 24 hours. Till Monday, 5,469 samples were tested in Bengal for COVID-19. So far, 220 rapid tests have been done in vulnerable parts of Kolkata and Howrah, reports for which are awaited.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Bengal increased to 274 on Tuesday of which 29 were detected in the last 24 hours. These cases were reported from Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas. The number of COVID-19 deaths in the state is now 15.
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