<span style="color: #222222;">Covid cases are  on the rise in poll bound West Bengal on a daily basis. In the last 24hours, 4,398 new cases have been recorded in the state.<br />'' <br />'' In Kolkata, the number of new covid-19 cases crossed 11 hundred while over one thousand cases have been reported from North 24 Parganas.<br />'' <br />'' 10 more persons have died, taking the death toll to 10,400 while the discharge rate stands at 96.41%.<br />'' <br />'' Vaccination drive throughout the state has been going on as more people are registering themselves to get vaccinated.<br />'' <br />'' However, the state health department is facing shortfall of vaccines.<br />'' <br />'' The Director of state health services Dr. Ajay Chakraborty told AIR that they are expecting to get 4lakh vaccines tomorrow.<br />'' <br />'' On Friday, over 3.75  lakh  people were vaccinated in the state while the number was close to 2 lakh yesterday.<br />'' <br />''More than 78 lakh people have been vaccinated in the state so far.</span><br />