Most medical professionals blame the mass gatherings at election rallies for the huge surge in the disease. On February 26, when the Election Commission announced the poll dates, West Bengal’s number of active Covid cases was just 3,343, while it stood at 1.32 lakh on Saturday, a near 40-fold increase.
Experts believe a prolonged election campaign helped spread the Covid pandemic in Bengals largely rural hinterland. Since the announcement of elections on February 26, till Saturday the number of active cases in West Bengals districts other than Kolkata, increased 48-times.
