Bengal reports surge in Covid-19 infections, suspends UK flights

Amid preparations for the Gangasagar Mela, and elections to four municipal corporations on January 22, Covid-19 infections have shown a sharp rise in West Bengal over the last two days, after the Christmas-weekend.

Bengal registered more than 2,000 cases after nearly six months as the state reported 2,128 new infections on Thursday.

It was nearly double the cases reported on Wednesday when 1,089 infections were detected, and more than four times that reported last Thursday — 516.

The state’s positivity rate jumped to 5.47 per cent, from 2.84 per cent on Wednesday. West Bengal has so far reported 16,35,034 Covid-19 cases.