Bengal on Monday recorded a rise again, for the sixth day in the past nine days, in its total of active Covid-19 cases.

Active cases in Bengal rose by 17 to 7,604, with 601 new infections, 572 recoveries and 12 deaths.

Bengal had snapped out of a 97-day streak of constant fall in the total of active cases on September 26.

The state has 3.08 per cent of the national total of active cases, and remains seventh on the list of states with the highest number of such cases.

Calcutta logged 135 new infections and North 24Parganas 120, the only two of the state's 23 districts with a threedigit figure of new infections in a day. Six districts reported a singledigit figure. Calcutta reported three deaths and North 24Parganas reported five. Nineteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Monday.

The state's recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.9.

Daily positive confirmation rate, nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 2.27 per cent on Monday.

The state's mortality rate is 1.2, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has nearly 15.72 lakh Covid19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.45 lakh recoveries and 18,837 deaths.