KOLKATA : The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal rose to 1,490 on Wednesday after 41 people succumbed to the disease, the state health department said in a bulletin.A total of 2,294 fresh cases of coronavirus infection pushed the state's tally to 65,258, the bulletin said.Since Tuesday, 2,094 patients have recovered from the disease, the highest in a single day so far.The number of active cases is 19,652 now.A total of 17,144 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours, it added.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.