Bengal achieved the milestones of going past 4 lakh in Covid-19 recoveries and the 92 per cent mark in recovery rate as 4,388 patients were reported cured during a 24-hour period till 9am on Tuesday.

The total recoveries surpassed 4.03 lakh and the rate is 92.04 per cent.

The state, which also reported 3,654 new infections and 52 deaths on Tuesday, recorded a drop in total active cases for the 22nd consecutive day since the end of Durga Puja. Having fallen by 10,076 since Vijaya Dashami on October 26, the total of active cases now is 27,111, almost at the level of October 3.

“We crossed the 4 lakh mark in recoveries today (Tuesday), 12 days after the 3.5 lakh mark (on November 5). The first 50,000 recoveries were achieved on August 1, over a span of 137 days since the first case (detected on March 17),” said a Bengal minister.

In the 22 days since Dashami, Bengal reported 93,254 recoveries and 84,395 new infections.

The recovery rate, currently in an unbroken spell of rise for 26 consecutive days, inched closer to the national rate of 93.46 per cent.

A member of Sebadal at Amtala in South 24-Parganas felicitates an Asha worker on Monday. Every year, a cracker show and a musical soiree are among the main attractions of the Sebadal Kali Puja on the city’s southern outskirts. This time, it was the felicitation of more than 50 “Covid-19 warriors” — doctors, nurses and Accredited Social Health Activists (Asha) workers. This year the cracker show and cultural programmes have been cancelled. “Instead, we decided to say thank you to the frontline warriors against the virus,” an organiser said. Apart from felicitating the “warriors” on Monday, the organisers distributed clothes and mosquito nets to 150-odd people, including daily labourers, rickshaw-pullers and people living on footpaths. Telegraph picture

“When this spell of rise in the recovery rate began on October 22, the rate was 87.44. Now, we are over 92. We will overtake the national rate in a matter of weeks,” said the minister.

The state has now total 4.38 lakh Covid-19 cases, including the 4.03 lakh recoveries and 7,766 deaths.

With 44,238 tests on Tuesday, the state’s total test count went past the 53 lakh mark, at 58,902 tests per million people. The positive confirmation rate is 8.27 per cent.

The 52 deaths of the day included 13 in Calcutta. Of the total deaths, 6,490 (83.6 per cent) were attributed to comorbidities.

The state’s mortality is 1.77, still less than the national rate of 1.46 per cent.

As of Tuesday, 29.15 per cent of 13,508 beds earmarked for Covid-19 patients at 101 dedicated hospitals were occupied. Over 4.56 lakh people have availed themselves of telemedicine consultations on the novel coronavirus so far.