Bengal on Friday recorded 96 consecutive days of a fall in total active Covid-19 cases, with 744 new infections, 746 recoveries and 13 deaths.

The total fell by 15 to 7,689.

Bengal now has 2.6 per cent of the national total of active cases and remains seventh on the list of states with the highest number of such cases.

Calcutta logged 130 new infections, while North 24-Parganas reported 124, the only two of the state’s 23 districts with three-digit figures of new infections. Seven districts reported single-digit figures.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.31 per cent, which is the highest and still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.75.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.77 per cent on Friday. Calcutta reported three deaths, while North 24-Parganas logged four.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.2, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has nearly 15.65 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes more than 15.38 lakh recoveries and 18,716 casualties.