Bengal on Tuesday logged 705 Covid-19 cases, 694 recoveries and 13 deaths, resulting in a drop by two in its total of active cases to 7,731.

A minister said Tuesday’s fresh cases were indicative of people who had got infected during the period from November 21 (eight days after Jagaddhatri Puja) to 25.

Calcutta reported 192 infections and North 24-Parganas 137 on Tuesday. These are the only two districts in Bengal to log three-digit figures of fresh infections. Ten districts recorded single-digit figures.

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

Calcutta, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 513 — 72.77 per cent — of the new infections detected on Tuesday.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.93 per cent on Tuesday.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.32 per cent, below the national rate of 98.35.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.21, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.

Bengal now has over 16.16 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes nearly 15.89 lakh recoveries and 19,486 deaths.