Bengal on Wednesday logged a drop in total active Covid-19 cases for the third straight day, by 130 to 22,378.

The total number of active cases had declined till June 9 by around 89 per cent to 14,702 from the peak of 1,32,181 on May 21. But for 11 days till Sunday, it rose by over 56 per cent, before sliding since Monday.

On Wednesday, the state reported 2,017 recoveries, 1,925 new infections and 38 deaths, including seven from Calcutta.

The daily positive confirmation rate fell to 3.46 on Wednesday.“In the peak of the second wave, positive confirmation rate was around 33 per cent. It has already improved to 3.61 (on Tuesday)…and (is) expected to improve exponentially over the next 10 days or so, down to barely 1-2 per cent,” said chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday. Positive confirmation rate is the percentage of positive cases of samples tested, and its dip indicates less Covid spread.

Bengal has 3.57 per cent of the national total of active cases, and is eighth among states with the most active cases.

Bengal’s recovery rate rose to 97.32 per cent. The national recovery rate is 96.57 now. The state’s mortality rate is 1.17 per cent, the national rate is 1.3.