KOLKATA : West Bengal reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on a single-day for the first time on Saturday as the state's tally breached the 40,000-mark, as per the state health department.The state detected 2,198 new cases, following which its active cases soared to 15,594, it said in a bulletin.Twenty-seven more people died, taking the state's total fatalities to 1,076, the department said.
The state has so far reported 40,209 cases of COVID-19.Record 1,286 people also recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours and since Friday evening, 13,465 samples have been tested, it said.Earlier in the day, the state government said there was no need to panic as the COVID-19 situation was under control.Addressing a press conference, Chief.