Bengal on Wednesday recorded 646 new Covid-19 infections, 660 recoveries and seven deaths.
The total number of active cases in the state fell by 21 to 9,715, after an uninterrupted 59 days of slide. Bengal now has 2.71 per cent of the national total of active cases, and is sixth among states with most such cases. Calcutta logged 86 new cases and zero deaths on Wednesday.
With North 24-Parganas logging 88 cases, Wednesday was the 13th consecutive day of no Bengal district reporting a three-digit figure of new cases. Seventeen districts reported two-digit figures, Kalimpong, North and South Dinajpur, Malda, Birbhum and Purulia single-digit figures.
The state’s recovery rate is 98.18 per cent, its highest ever this pandemic, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.51.
The daily positive confirmation rate, nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.47 per cent on Wednesday.
Seventeen Bengal districts, including Calcutta, reported zero deaths on Wednesday. Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Bankura, West Midnapore and Hooghly reported one each.
The state’s mortality rate is 1.19 per cent now, while that of the nation is 1.34.
Bengal now has over 15.4 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was reported in March last year. The total includes 15.12 lakh recoveries and 18,325 deaths.
