Coronavirus / Mamata Banerjee Younger Brother Ashim Banerjee Passed Away Today

Zoom News : May 15, 2021, 01:02 PM
Kolkata: Aseem Banerjee, the younger brother of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, died today. Aseem was infected with the corona virus and was undergoing treatment at Medica Superspeciality Hospital in Kolkata for the past one month. Dr. Alok Roy, President of Medica Superspeciality Hospital gave this information.

Outbreak of corona infection in Bengal is spreading very fast. Every day, new cases are being recorded at record levels and more than 100 infected people are dying.

Most new cases of Covid in a day

After the maximum number of 20,846 new cases reported in West Bengal yesterday, the total cases of infection have increased to 10 lakh 94 thousand 802. The health department said that after the death of 136 more people due to the disease, the death toll has risen to 12,993. However, 19,131 people have recovered in the state since Thursday.

Corona's position in the country

In the last 24 hours in India, 3 lakh 26 thousand 98 new cases of corona have been reported and 3890 people have died. On Wednesday, 4205 people died from Corona in India. While on May 7, the country had recorded the highest number of cases so far, 4,14,188. The total number of Kovid cases is 2 crore 43 lakh 72 thousand 907 in India with 36,73,802 active cases and 2,66,207 deaths so far.

According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 3,53,299 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, 2,04,32,898 people have been cured of Kovid so far. A total of 18,04,57,579 people have been vaccinated in the country so far, of which 11,03,625 have been vaccinated in the last 24 hours.

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