Bengal on Sunday reported 723 new Covid-19 infections, 774 recoveries and 11 deaths, resulting in a fall by 62 in its active cases to 7,967.

Over the past 43 days, since Bengal snapped out of a 97-day fall in active cases or number of Covid patients under treatment, there has been a net rise of 293 active cases, from 7,674.

A minister said new Covid-19 cases reported on Saturday indicated people who were infected between October 29 and November 2.

Calcutta reported 205 new Covid-19 infections and two deaths on Sunday.

North 24-Parganas logged 146 new cases and four deaths.

These were the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new cases found in a day. Seven districts reported a single-digit figure.

Calcutta reported two deaths and North 24-Parganas four on Sunday.

Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia districts accounted for 524 or 72.48 per cent of the new infections that were detected on Sunday.

Seventeen districts reported zero deaths.

Bengal’s daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent during the peak of the second wave, was 2.4 per cent on Sunday.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.3 per cent, while that of the nation is 98.24 per cent.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.2 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.

Bengal now has over 15.98 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.71 lakh recoveries and 19,226 deaths.