COVID-19 in Bengal: Discharge rate of patients increase rapidly increase in the last 5 days, now 55.79%

The discharge rate of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in West Bengal is rapidly increasing. In the last five days – from June 15 to 19, it has gone up from 47.79 per cent to 55.79 per cent.

On June 15, 434 patients got discharged, and there were 5,515 active cases in the state. On June 19, 302 patients got discharged and the number of active cases in Bengal was 5,258. Though the number of discharged patients is varying and is often increasing or deceasing compared with the day before, the number of active cases is decreasing. The number of deaths per day has not changed much either. As a result of these various factors taken together, the discharge rate has rapidly increased, more so in the past five days, when it increased from below 50 per cent to well above 50 per cent, said an official.

Samples tested on June 19 is 10,321 and the total number of samples tested in Bengal so far is 3,80,612 (till June 19). The total number of those who tested positive in Bengal is 13,090 (till June 19).

Here are the details of COVID-19 situation in West Bengal for the past five days:

June 19

 

Date	June 19, 2020
Total cases	13,090
New cases (in last 24 hours)	355
Active cases	5,258
Total discharged	7,303
Discharge rate	55.79%
Total deaths	529

 

June 18

 

Date	June 18, 2020
Total cases	12,735
New cases (in last 24 hours)	435
Active cases	5,216
Total discharged	7,001
Discharge rate	54.97%
Total deaths	518

 

June 17

 

Date	June 17, 2020
Total cases	12,300
New cases (in last 24 hours)	391
Active cases	5,261
Total discharged	6,533
Discharge rate	53.11%
Total deaths	506

 

June 16

 

Date	June 16, 2020
Total cases	11,909
New cases (in last 24 hours)	415
Active cases	5,386
Total discharged	6,028
Discharge rate	50.61%
Total deaths	495

 

June 15

 

Date	June 15, 2020
Total cases	11,494
New cases (in last 24 hours)	407
Active cases	5,515
Total discharged	5,494
Discharge rate	47.79%
Total deaths	485