Bengal on Monday logged 417 Covid-19 recoveries, 252 new infections and seven deaths, including three from Calcutta.

Bengal has 6,151 active cases now, down from 37,190 on Dashami 91 days ago. The state’s recovery rate has risen for 94 consecutive days to touch 97.14. The national rate is 96.68.

Bengal now has over 5.68 lakh Covid-19 cases, including over 5.52 lakh recoveries and 10,122 deaths. Its positive confirmation rate is 7.24 per cent now, improving from 8.27 per cent 66 days ago. “We are now ninth among states with highest positive confirmation rates and will drop out of the top 10 in days,” a minister said.

The state attributed 8,496 deaths or 83.9 per cent of the toll to comorbidities. The minister pointed out a relative increase in deaths of patients with hypertension as comorbidity.