The COVID-19 situation in the state looks worrying, with 4,476 new cases reported in just two days – on July 18 and 19. The discharge rate of patients in the state has dropped to 58.56 per cent now. The discharge rate had reached over 66 per cent earlier this month.
State health officials said that the increase in the number of new cases is partly due to the increase in the number of tests being done right now. Only July 19, when 2,278 new cases were reported on a single day, the total number of tests done was 13,471. On July 18, when 2,198 new cases were reported, the number of tests done was 13,465. On the day before that (July 17) there were 1,894 new cases and the tests done was 13,240.
However, the figures indicate that there has been a percentage increase too. Within a span of nine days, the percentage of new cases out of the total number of tests conducted has increased from 11.87 per cent to 16.9 per cent. This means that the percentage of people who tested positive for the number of tests done has increased during this time.
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Here are the details of the number of cases reported, against the number of tests conducted per day:
| Date | New cases | Tests | |
| July 19 | 2,278 | 13,471 | (16.9%) |
| July 18 | 2,198 | 13,465 | (16.3%) |
| July 17 | 1,894 | 13,240 | (14.30%) |
| July 16 | 1,690 | 13,180 | (12.82%) |
| July 15 | 1,589 | 11,388 | (13.95%) |
| July 14 | 1,390 | 11,102 | (12.52%) |
| July 13 | 1,435 | 10,359 | (13.85%) |
| July 12 | 1,560 | 11,709 | (13.32%) |
| July 11 | 1,344 | 11,403 | (11.78%) |
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The total number of cases in West Bengal has now gone up to 42,487, with 16,492 active cases in the state currently. In the past 24 hours, there have been 36 deaths (the total number of deaths in the state so far has been 1,112). So far, 24,883 patients have been treated and discharged, with the discharge rate now at 58.56 per cent. This has dropped sharply – from 66.48% on July 5.
