West Bengal has crossed the milestone of vaccinating 50 lakh people against Covid-19. Director of state health services Dr. Ajay Chakraborty said more than 1 lakh 35 thousand beneficiaries got the vaccine yesterday. 1 lakh 6 thousand 242 people took the first dose while almost 13 thousand got the second dose. So far, 51 lakh 45 thousand people have received the covid-19 vaccine.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 982 new COVID cases were reported in the last 24 hours while the number of active covid cases increased by 472. Kolkata saw the maximum 380 new cases while 212 cases had been reported from North 24 Parganas.</span><br />