West Bengal gets its first plasma bank for Covid-19 patients

West Bengal set up its first plasma bank at the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital on Monday. There’s only one other plasma bank, which is in Delhi. Meanwhile, Karnataka Minister JC Madhuswamy said there were fears of community transmission of the virus in the state.

The number of coronavirus cases in Delhi crossed the 1 lakh-mark on Monday evening, while those in Maharashtra went up to 2.11 lakh.

India’s coronavirus tally rose to 6,97,413, with 24,248 new cases in 24 hours on Monday morning. The toll went up by 425 to 19,693. More than 4.24 lakh people have recovered. India is now the third worst-affected nation in the world, crossing Russia. Only the United States and Brazil have more cases.