Covid: West Bengal records 751 new cases, nine deaths

Bengal on Wednesday recorded 80 successive days of a fall in total active Covid-19 cases, with 751 new infections, 841 recoveries and nine deaths.

The total active cases fell by 99 to reach 8,288.

Calcutta logged 128 new infections, while North 24-Parganas reported 116, the only two districts in the state with three-digit figures of fresh cases.

Seventeen Bengal districts, including Calcutta, reported zero deaths on Wednesday.