Bengal reported the ninth straight day of a dip in total number of active Covid-19 cases, by 464 on Tuesday to 21,116.

The state reported 2,024 recoveries, 1,595 new infections and 35 deaths.

With Calcutta logging 131 new infections and North 24-Parganas 176, Tuesday was the second successive day since the second wave when none of Bengal’s 23 districts reported over 200 new cases. Fifteen districts reported double-digit figures in a day, Malda and Purulia single-digit figures.

Of 35 deaths, seven were from Calcutta and 11 from North 24-Parganas. Thirteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Tuesday, while three others logged one each.

The total of active cases had fallen till June 9 by around 89 per cent to 14,702, from the peak of 1,32,181 on May 21. But over 11 days till June 20, it rose by over 56 per cent, before falling by over 8 per cent again over these nine days.

Now, Bengal’s recovery rate is 97.41 per cent, while the national rate is 96.88.

The state’s daily positive confirmation rate, nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, fell to 3 per cent on Tuesday. “We are back in the driving seat,” said a minister. “There is no doubt left that we will get over the residual impact of the second wave in a matter of weeks,” said the minister.

Bengal now has a total of 14.98 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was detected in March last year. It includes 14.59 lakh recoveries and 17,679 deaths.