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Mamata urges people to strictly adhere to Covid-19 regulations during the festive season

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said there are instances of Covid-19 becoming air borne and the community transmission of the contagion has started in the state and urged people to strictly adhere to the regulations during the coming festive season.


Banerjee, who was speaking after a cabinet meeting, said "I ask everybody to follow the Covid-19 safety protocols during the festive season. There are instance of community transmission of Covid-19 and also the contagion becoming air borne."

State chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said measures are being taken bring down the cost of coronavirus tests and treatment.

State Chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said measures are being taken bring down the cost of Covid tests and treatment.

However, the Union Health Ministry in India has not issued any warning or advisory as yet with regards to spreading of coronavirus via air.


Earlier Mamata Banerjee had even warned of community transmission. While holding a protest rally in Kolkata last Saturday the Trinamool Congress Supremo claimed, "coronavirus infection was in the stage of community transmission in the state."

In the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases, West Bengal had on Sunday reported 3,612 fresh infections. With new cases, the total number of infected persons in the state reached 2,94,806, as per the state health department.

A total of 59 more patients succumbed to the deadly virus, pushing the total fatalities in the state to 5,622, it said. The Covid-19 recovery rate in West Bengal stood at 87.84 per cent with 3,110 people getting discharged since Saturday and 2,58,948 overall.

As per the PTI, North 24 Parganas accounted for 18 deaths, followed by the metropolis with 16 fatalities, while the fresh cases include 774 infections from North 24 Parganas and Kolkata (757).

There have been 30,236 active Covid-19 cases in the state. Since Saturday, 42,611 samples have been tested in the state, taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 36,93,600, the health department said.

Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry has stated that the active cases in the country stand at 8,67,496, while 60,77,976 people have recovered from the disease


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