Bengal on Friday logged 763 new Covid-19 cases, 806 recoveries and 13 deaths, resulting in a fall by 56 in its total of active cases to 8,137.

In the 41 days since Bengal snapped out of a 97-day streak of fall in active cases, there has been a net rise of 463 in the state’s total of active cases, from 7,674.

A minister said these new infections were indicative of people getting infected between October 27 and 31.

Calcutta reported 203 new infections and four deaths.

Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia districts accounted for 567 or 74.31 per cent of the new infections detected on Friday.

Eighteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths. Calcutta reported four deaths and North 24-Parganas three.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.29 per cent, while that of the nation is 98.23 per cent.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.2, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.

The state's daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 2.53 per cent on Friday.

Bengal now has over 15.97 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was logged in March last year. The total includes nearly 15.7 lakh recoveries and 19,201 deaths.