According to the latest data released by the Union Ministry of Health, the total COVID-19 cases in India has crossed the 18,000-mark with current numbers at 18,985 while 3260 have been cured of the virus.
Meanwhile, in West Bengal, 29 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of positive cases in the state escalated to 274 on Tuesday.
The state has confirmed 15 deaths due to COVID-19 to date.