Bengal on Monday recorded 50 consecutive days of a fall in total active Covid-19 cases as the state reported 557 new infections, 719 recoveries and 11 deaths.

The total of active cases fell by 173 to 10,312. Bengal currently has 2.64 per cent of the national total of active patients and is seventh on the list of states with most such cases.

The state’s recovery rate is 98.14 per cent, which is the highest ever, and is still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.4.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.85 per cent on Monday.

With Calcutta logging 37 infections and North 24-Parganas 75, Monday was the fourth consecutive day of not a single Bengal district reporting a three-digit figure of new cases.

Nineteen Bengal districts reported a two-digit figure of new infections detected. North Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad and Purulia reported single-digit figures.

Seventeen Bengal districts, including Calcutta, reported zero deaths on Monday.

Jalpaiguri, East Midnapore and Hooghly logged one death each.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.18 now, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent.

Bengal now has over 15.34 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was reported in March last year. The total includes nearly 15.06 lakh recoveries and 18,240 deaths.

Free vaccines

The Rotary Club of Howrah, in association with the Howrah Municipal Corporation and the Bengal government, organised a free Covid-19 vaccination camp on Monday.

Around 276 people were given Covaxin doses.