COVID-19 CASES UPDATE IN WEST BENGAL

West Bengal on Tuesday reported 372 new Covid-19 positive patients, while 10 more people died of the disease in the state. Reports said that while the overall death rate in the state was reducing, it was increasing in Kolkata.

As the dates for higher secondary exams come closer, officials in Bengal are now looking for quarantine centres for the migrant workers, as the schools, now functioning as quaratine centres, will have to be emptied for the exams. 

Schools and colleges in Bengal have said that they will follow state guidelines on when to reopen.

The report said that the death rate across the state had decreased from 5.30% last week to 4.61% on Tuesday. But the same in Kolkata increased from 7.39% last week to 8.78% this week. 

Releasing guidelines for government offices, that are supposed to work with 70% of their workforce, the West Bengal government said only asymptomatic people can come to work and made it mandatory for people to wear masks inside the office.

The report said that while inside the office people will have to wear masks, wash their hands frequently and use hand sanitiser. 

Common areas, the guidelines said, could not have more than 10 people and they too must maintain a distance of 2 metres, and if that is not possible, then the number of employees should be further reduced.