Bengal on Saturday reported 1,113 new Covid-19 infections, 2,410 recoveries and seven deaths.

Currently, there are 16, 699 active cases in the state, including 16,229 in home isolation and 430 in hospitals, according to the state bulletin.

The state’s recovery rate was 98.18 per cent and mortality rate 1.02 per cent on Saturday.

Case positivity rate was 8.33 per cent on a day 13, 367 samples were tested.

In light of the recent uptick in cases, booster doses being administered in the state have also increased.

In Bengal, 87,33,878 booster doses have been administered so far. On Saturday, 2,81,897 booster doses were administered across the state.