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Bengal라이브 바카라 Covid Cases In July 19 Times Less Than May, TMC Mounts By-Poll Pressure

Compared to 548,011 cases recorded in May, the state recorded only 28,236 cases in July.

Bengal라이브 바카라 Covid Cases In July 19 Times Less Than May, TMC Mounts By-Poll Pressure
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West Bengal라이브 바카라 Covid-19 pandemic situation seems to have significantly improved over the past two months. Data shows the state라이브 바카라 number of Covid-19 cases in July were 19.4 times lower than the number of cases recorded in May when the second wave of the pandemic reached its peak in the state in the immediate aftermath of the state's five-week-long assembly elections.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트

Compared to 548,011 cases recorded in May, the state recorded only 28,236 cases in July. As a result, the number of active cases has sharply come down from 87,048 on바카라 웹사이트May 31바카라 웹사이트to 11,113 on바카라 웹사이트July 31.

Citing such improvement of the situation, the state라이브 바카라 ruling party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has started mounting pressure on the election commission of India to conduct elections in seven assembly constituencies earlier. Mamata Banerjee needs to get elected by바카라 웹사이트November 5바카라 웹사이트to continue as the chief minister, as she did not win from the Nandigram assembly constituency even though she led her party to a historic victory.

After a TMC delegation라이브 바카라 visit to the office of the election commission in New Delhi last month, another TMC delegation led by the party라이브 바카라 secretary-general Partha Chatterjee submitted a deputation with West Bengal라이브 바카라 chief electoral officer Ariz Aftab on바카라 웹사이트August 5, urging the ECI to expedite the process of conducting elections in seven seats where the election was either postponed due to the death of a candidate, or the winner died or resigned.

“Three months have passed since the government has been formed but there is no initiative yet on the part of the ECI to conduct these elections,” Chatterjee said, adding, “The pandemic situation has significantly improved compared to the time when the state-wide elections took place and the present situation is under control.”

The state witnessed a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the immediate aftermath of the elections which witnessed a nearly two-month-long campaign that included rallies attended by thousands of people.

From recording on 11,797 cases in March, the state recorded a 20-times jump in April, recording 241,451 cases, and a further leap in May when a whopping 548,011 cases were recorded. The situation started improving in June when the state reported 123,406 cases.바카라 웹사이트

Nevertheless, the numbers recorded in July are still higher than the 5,120 recorded in February and 11,797 in March, when the first wave hit the bottom and the second wave was yet to rise.

The situation in Kolkata has significantly improved, too. Compared to 12,104 active cases on바카라 웹사이트May 31바카라 웹사이트and 1,656 active cases on바카라 웹사이트June 30, the number of active Covid-19 cases on바카라 웹사이트July 31바카라 웹사이트was 716.

The new concern for the state is Darjeeling. The hill station, after having recorded only 18,644 cases between바카라 웹사이트April 2020바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트March 2021, reported 5,042 cases in바카라 웹사이트April 2021바카라 웹사이트and 19,065 cases in May. The popular tourist spot recorded another 7,957 cases in June and 2,664 cases in July.

The district with a population of only 15.95 lakh, according to the Census of 2011, and about 60% rural population, still has the state라이브 바카라 second-highest number of active cases - 1,191 on바카라 웹사이트July 31, whereas North 24-Parganas, which had the highest active cases –바카라 웹사이트1,277 바카라 웹사이트on바카라 웹사이트July 31바카라 웹사이트– has a population of one crore,바카라 웹사이트 according to the Census of 2011.

The elections are due in the districts of Cooch Behar, Nadia, North 24-Parganas, Murshidabad, Kolkata, and South 24-Parganas. Mamata Banerjee is expected to contest from her old constituency of Bhawanipur.

The ECI recently conducted a Rajya Sabha bye-election in which the TMC라이브 바카라 candidate Jawhar Sircar, won uncontested.

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