Bengal on Thursday recorded 717 new Covid-19 infections, 726 recoveries and nine deaths.

Active Covid cases in the state fell by 18 on Thursday to reach 9,167. Calcutta, however, logged 118 new infections, ending a 20-day streak of no Bengal district reporting a three-digit figure of new infections in a day.

North 24-Parganas reported 97 new cases. Four districts logged a single-digit figures.

Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta reported one. The state now has 2.7 per cent of India’s active cases and is sixth among states with most such cases. Its recovery rate is 98.22 per cent.

The state’s daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.73 per cent on Thursday.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.19 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.34.

The state currently has over 15.45 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was reported in March last year. The total includes nearly 15.18 lakh recoveries and 18,402 deaths.

Among the deaths, 69.7 per cent were attributed to comorbidities. Over 12,360 or 67.2 per cent of the deaths were of infected males.