Bengal on Saturday logged 257 Covid-19 recoveries, 185 infections and one death as a drop in total active cases continued for the 110th consecutive day since Vijaya Dashami last year.

The total of active cases, which was 37,190 on Dashami (October 26), has fallen to 4,160.

Bengal now has over 5.72 lakh total Covid-19 cases since the first was reported on March 17 last year. The state has recorded over 5.58 lakh recoveries and 10,230 deaths till now. The lone death recorded on Saturday was not in Calcutta.

The recovery rate rose for 113 consecutive days to touch 97.49 per cent.

The national rate now is 97.3. The state’s current positive confirmation rate is 6.91 per cent now. It has been falling steadily for 86 days.

With 22,055 tests recorded on Saturday, over 82.78 lakh swab samples have been examined in Bengal. Tests per million people are 91,980.

Of the total deaths, 8,588 (83.9 per cent) were attributed to comorbidities.

Bengal’s mortality rate remained 1.78, while the national rate was 1.42 per cent.