Six (a 28 and another 29 year old) die in Siliguri, 64 cases in Darj dist

Two from Siliguri- 29-year-old resident of Sitala Para and a 28-year old resident of Ganganagar died of Covid-19.

SNS, SILIGURI,  8 NOVEMBER 2020 : Six persons who had tested positive for Covid -19 died in Siliguri today, sources said.

A 29-year-old resident of Sitala Para under Ward 31 in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) died at the designated hospital for Covid- 19 patients at Kawakahli today. A 65-year-old resident of Hlaldibari in Cooch Behar district also died there, it is learnt.

A 71 -year- old person of Upper Bagdogra in Siliguri died at the North Bengal College and Hospital in the wee hours today, while a 28-year old resident of Ganganagar also died at the designated Covid hospital at Matigara.A 55-year old resident of Sukna also died there.A 74-year-old person from Dewanhat in Cooch Behar, meanwhile, died in a private nursing home in the town, sources said.

Meanwhile, Darjeeling district recorded 64 cases of Covid-19 today, sources said. Among the fresh cases, 26 are from the SMC, two from Darjeeling Municipality, nine from Kharibari, three from Sukna, three from Kurseong Municipality, 11 from Matigara, five from Naxalbari, one from Phansidewa, two from Pulbazaar-Bijanbari, one from Sukhia Pokhari and one from Takdah. Eleven cases were also detected in the Jalpaiguri portion of the SMC.

64 in Malda

Malda district reported 64 fresh cases of Covid-19 last night, 58 through the RT-PCR method at the VRDL. in the Malda Medical College and Hospital and six through rapid antigen tests, sources said.

43 in North Dinajpur

North Dinajpur also recorded 43 fresh cases of the virus in the past 24 hours, sources said.