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- Kolkata police commissioner Anuj Sharma tests positive for Covid-19
- Strict lockdown enforced in West Bengal, more than 4,000 arrested
- West Bengal govt withdraws state-wide lockdown on August 28
- Traffic cop succumbs to Covid-19 in Kolkata
- Another senior doctor dies of Covid-19 in Kolkata
- West Bengal reports 40 new Covid-19 deaths, 2,341 fresh cases
- Kolkata police sensitise people about bi-weekly lockdown
- West Bengal tourism department reopens 10 facilities amid Covid-19 pandemic
- Seven-day lockdown imposed from 5pm in all containment zones of West Bengal
- Covid-19 claims 16 more lives in West Bengal; 649 fresh cases
- Mamata Banerjee extends free ration scheme of West Bengal govt till June 2021
- Commuter hassles aggravate in Kolkata as several private buses stay off roads citing losses
- West Bengal reports highest single-day spike of 572 Covid-19 cases; tally crosses 17,000-mark
- Mamata Banerjee relaxes night curfew, restriction now from 10pm to 5am
- 15 more die of Covid-19 in West Bengal, 475 fresh cases reported
- West Bengal reports 11 more Covid-19 deaths, 445 fresh cases
- West Bengal: 11 more deaths take Covid-19 toll to 580; 370 fresh infections reported
- Gurugram youth breaks quarantine, lands in Kolkata
- Kolkata girl offers no-rent flats to ostracized doctors, nurses
- Common man writes to Calcutta HC Chief Justice for better Covid-19 controls
- Students from the hills face bullying on Kolkata streets amid coronavirus outbreak
- Coronavirus in Kolkata: Italian couple kept in isolation at ID hospital, 2 foreigners ill at Mayapur
- Kolkata: Malls adopt steps to create safe zone for customers and staff
- Kolkata: Coronavirus spooks domestic flyers, airlines forced to slash fares
- Despite coronavirus fear, West Bengal's Jangalmahal hotels remain packed till March 15
- Coronavirus in Kolkata: Private hospitals set up isolation wards after state directive
- Coronavirus scare: Bengal man dies after returning from Saudi Arabia with fever
- Coronavirus scare: Visva-Bharati cancels Basanta Utsav; shadow on Kolkata celebrations
- Covid-19 outbreak: Tech majors restrict international travel for now in Kolkata
- Kolkata: Covid-19 sends travel industry into sick bay, job cuts loom
- Coronavirus scare: Seminar bar for South Korean professor at IIT-Kharagpur
- Coronavirus scare: Bhutan shuts doors on foreigners, 1,200 tourists cross over to West Bengal
- Coronavirus scare in Kolkata: Supply gap push up mutton cost to Rs 700
- Bengal BJP calls off big rallies amid coronavirus scare
- Coronavirus scare: All international flyers to undergo thermal check at Kolkata airport; Singapore advisory withdrawn
- Private hospitals segregate cough-&-cold patients in Kolkata
Seven confirmed cases of coronavirus infection has been reported from the state of West Bengal as of March 23. Earlier, two suspected coronavirus patients, who had returned from Indonesia and Malaysia, were on March 10 admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in northeast Kolkata's Beliaghata hospital. Both of them have been kept at the isolation ward. Their swab samples have been collected and sent for testing. The coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country and globally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation on March 19, called for 'Janata curfew' on March 22 from 7 AM to 9 PM to contain the spread of coronavirus.