West Bengal recorded 18,422 fresh coronavirus cases and 156 deaths due to the disease today. The fresh coronavirus cases stayed less than 20,000, for the ninth day in a row.
However, Black Fungus still remains a cause of concern for the state. A suspected patient of Black Fungus disease died at a state hospital in Kolkata on Saturday.
Till Sunday, the health department had reported a total of seven confirmed and eight suspected cases of Black Fungus.
A little over 70,000 people -- aged 45 or above and frontline workers -- were vaccinated Saturday.
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