The total of active Covid-19 cases fell for 61 days on the trot on Friday in Bengal as the state logged 758 infections, 767 recoveries and nine deaths.

The total of active cases fell by 18 to 9,635.

Bengal now has 2.7 per cent of the national total of active cases and is sixth on the list of states with most such cases.

With Calcutta logging 88 infections and North 24-Parganas 89, Friday was the 15th consecutive day of not a single Bengal district reporting a three-digit figure of new cases.

Eighteen of the 23 Bengal districts reported a two-digit figure of new infections detected.

Kalimpong, South Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad and Purulia reported single-digit figures.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.19 per cent -- the highest ever this pandemic -- still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.51.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.6 per cent on Friday.

Seventeen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Friday, while Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur, East Midnapore, North 24-Parganas and Calcutta reported one each.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.19 now, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent. Bengal remained 24th on the list of states with the highest mortality rates.

The state currently has nearly 15.42 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was reported in March last year. The total includes close to 15.14 lakh recoveries and 18,346 deaths.