West Bengal Covid restrictions The West Bengal government has imposed certain restrictions in the state from 16 to 30 May to combat a surge in coronavirus infections and extended it twice later.
The ongoing curbs are scheduled to come to an end on 30 June. Meanwhile, on Thursday, West Bengal's Covid-19 toll rose to 17,516 after 41 deaths were recorded in the state, the health bulletin said.
The tally went up to 14,89,286 as 1,923 more people tested positive for the virus. The number of active cases is now 22,308 while 1,952 recoveries were registered.
At least 55,679 samples were tested in the state in the last 24 hours for coronavirus, the bulletin said. Altogether 3,11,043 people were vaccinated in West Bengal on Thursday, a health