Bengal on Wednesday reported 919 new Covid-19 infections, 879 recoveries and 14 deaths, resulting in a rise again, after three days, in active cases by 26 to 8,152.

In the past 39 days, since Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of fall in active cases, the net rise in total active cases has been 478 from 7,674 on September 25. A minister said new infections reported on Wednesday were indicative of people infected between October 25 and October 29.

Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 663 or 72.14 per of new infections detected on Wednesday. Calcutta lodged 245 new cases and North 24-Parganas 147. Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths while Calcutta and North 24-Parganas four each.