Bengal on Sunday recorded a rise by seven in its total of active Covid-19 cases to 7,587 in all, in the fifth such instance since last Sunday.

The state logged 701 new infections, 684 recoveries and 10 deaths on Sunday.

Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of constant fall in its active cases last Sunday.

The state now has 2.87 per cent of India’s active cases, and remains seventh among states with the most such cases.

Calcutta logged 145 new infections while North 24-Parganas reported 116, the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new infections detected in a day. Eight districts reported a single-digit figure.

Seventeen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Sunday. Calcutta logged two deaths and North 24-Parganas three.

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.32 per cent, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.86 per cent. Its daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.95 per cent on Sunday. Its mortality rate is 1.2 per cent, while that of the country is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has more than 15.71 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first in March last year. It includes nearly 15.45 lakh recoveries and 18,825 deaths.