Bengal on Sunday recorded 17,515 new Covid infections, 92 deaths and 15,587 recoveries.

The number of active cases has risen to 1.18 lakh.

Of the 92 deaths, 23 were reported from Calcutta and 29 from North 24-Parganas, the two worst-hit districts in the state.

While Calcutta recorded 3,935 new infections, North 24-Parganas reported 3,942.

Remdesivir arrest

Police have arrested a man with 18 vials of remdesivir - a medicine used to treat Covid. Remdesivir has been in short supply in the city, prompting many to make efforts to procure it at a premium.

Jay Ashutosh Mittal, 39, a resident of Bangur Avenue, had apparently stocked 18 vials of the medicine under the trade name Remcor 100 at a Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road address, the police said.

Jay had put up advertisements for the stock on social media and was about to sell the medicine at a much higher rate than the original price, the police said.

A case has been registered at Park Street police station.