Bengal on Sunday recorded 707 new Covid-19 infections, 723 recoveries and 11 deaths.

The total of active cases in the state fell by 27 to 8,652, with a slide for 11 straight weeks or 77 days.

Bengal has 2.16 per cent of India’s active cases, and is seventh among states with the highest number of such cases.

Calcutta logged 128 new infections and North 24-Parganas 119, the only two of Bengal’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure of new infections in a day. Eight districts reported a single-digit figure.

Eighteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Sunday. Calcutta reported one.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.25 per cent, fairly ahead of the nation’s 97.41.

Bengal’s mortality rate is 1.19 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.33.

Its daily positive confirmation rate, which had risen to nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.64 per cent on Sunday.

The state currently has over 15.52 lakh Covid-19 cases since March last year. The total includes nearly 15.25 lakh recoveries and 18,502 deaths.