The number of active Covid-19 cases shot up again on Sunday with the state logging 760 new infections, 734 recoveries and 15 deaths.

This is for the 11th day in the past 15 days that the number of patients under treatment has increased. The number of active cases now stands at 7,649, which is a rise of 15 compared to Saturday,

Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of constant fall in the total of active cases on September 26.

Calcutta logged 166 new infections, while North 24-Parganas reported 123, the only two districts to record three-digit figures of new infections on Sunday. Seven districts reported single-digit figures.

Seventeen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Sunday. Calcutta reported two, 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 over 15.76 lakh Covid cases.