Bengal on Monday logged 465 Covid-19 cases, 505 recoveries and nine deaths, resulting in a drop by 49 in its total of active cases to 7,590.

Over the past 72 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of constant fall in the total of active cases ahead of the Puja season on September 26, the state recorded a rise in the number of patients under treatment for 33 days and a drop for 38 days.

In these 72 days, there has been a net fall of 84 in that total.

Calcutta recorded 154 infections and was the only district in the state with a three-digit figure. A dozen districts reported single-digit figures of fresh infections.

Calcutta, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 362 – 77.85 per cent – of the new infections detected on Monday.

Nineteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta logged four fatalities and North 24-Parganas two.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.21, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent. Bengal now has nearly 16.2 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.92 lakh recoveries and 19,553 casualties.