Mamata to hold virtual meeting with PM Modi over Bengal Covid crisis today

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in wake of a rapid rise in single-day cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) amid the Omicron outbreak. Addressing a press conference in Howrah district on Thursday, Banerjee informed media persons about her meeting with Modi.

Bengal logged 15,421 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, up from 14,022 on the preceding day. Of the 15,421, a total of 6,569 were reported from Kolkata. The active case count in the state has climbed to 8,059, according to the state Covid-19 bulletin data.

The number of coronavirus patients at hospitals in the state also increased to 2,228 on Thursday from Wednesday's 2,009, the health bulletin data showed. The death toll in the state touched 19,846 after as many as 19 patients succumbed to the virus during the day.

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