Bengal on Sunday reported 64 new Covid-19 infections, 77 recoveries and no deaths, resulting in a drop in active cases by 13 to 797.

The positive confirmation rate — the percentage of samples testing positive for the novel coronavirus — was 0.45 per cent on Sunday.

The state’s Covid recovery rate was 98.91 per cent and mortality rate 1.05 per cent.

Bengal has more nearly 20.17 lakh cases since the first infection was detected two years ago. The total includes over 19.94 lakh recoveries and 21,197 deaths.