Bengal on Monday reported 418 new Covid19 infections, 439 recoveries and 10 deaths, resulting in a drop in active cases by 31, to 7,517.

Calcutta reported 135 new infections and two deaths, and was the only one of the state’s 23 districts with a three digit figure of new Covid19 cases detected on Monday.

The number of new infections reported on Monday is indicative of people who got infected between December 4 and 8.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.33 per cent, below the national rate of 98.37 per cent.

In the past 79 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97day streak of fall in the total of active cases ahead of the Puja season on September 26, the total rose on 34 days and fell on 43 days. In these 79 days, there has been a net fall of 157 in the total.

Calcutta, North and South 24Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 326 or 77.99 per cent of the new infections detected on Monday. Twelve districts reported a single digit figure.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.87 per cent on Monday.

North 24-Parganas reported three deaths. Seventeen districts reported zero deaths. The state’s mortality rate is 1.21, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has over 16.23 lakh Covid19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes more than 15.96 lakh recoveries and 19,610 deaths.