Kolkata: Ashim Banerjee, younger brother of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, died due to COVID-19 on Saturday, according to media reports.
Ashim Banerjee was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Medica Hospital in Kolkata.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 caseload in West Bengal surged to 10, 94,802 after the State recorded its highest single day spike of 20,846 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday.