Bengal on Monday logged a fall in its number of active Covid-19 cases, a day after it reported a rise by nine, in that total after 97 days of an unchecked drop.

On Monday, Bengal’s active Covid-19 cases fell by 99 to 7,584. The state reported 472 new Covid-19 infections, 556 recoveries and 15 deaths.

Bengal now has 2.65 per cent of India’s active cases, and remains seventh among states with the highest number of such cases.

None of the state’s 23 districts reported a three-digit figure of new infections in a day.

Calcutta logged 76 new infections on Monday and North 24-Parganas 72. Nine districts reported a single-digit figure of new infections.

Fourteen districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta reported two deaths and North 24-Parganas four.

The state’s recovery rate rose to 98.32 per cent, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.78.

Its daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.73 per cent on Monday.

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

Bengal now has nearly 15.67 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes over 15.4 lakh recoveries and 18,751 deaths.