Bengal records drop in active Covid cases for 33rd day -state’s recovery rate reached 93.12

Since Dashami, the state logged over 1.34 lakh recoveries, outweighing 1.23 lakh new infections detected

The state’s recovery rate reached 93.12 on Saturday, close to the national rate of 93.68 per cent.  Shutterstock

The Telegraph   |   Calcutta   |    29.11.20  :  Bengal on Saturday reported 3,487 Covid-19 recoveries, 3,459 new infections and 52 deaths, including 14 from Calcutta.  The state saw a drop in total active cases for the 33rd consecutive day since Dashami on October 26.

Since Dashami, the state logged over 1.34 lakh recoveries, outweighing 1.23 lakh new infections detected. From 37,190 on October 26, there are 24,527 active cases in Bengal now. 

The state’s recovery rate reached 93.12 on Saturday, close to the national rate of 93.68 per cent. 

The state’s mortality rate is now 1.74, compared to the 1.45 per cent nationally.

“Our aim now is to get the total of active cases to below 20,000 and the recovery rate past 97 by the end of December. We are on track for both,” said a minister.

Calcutta High Court had intervened to prevent a worsening of the pandemic over Durga Puja, Kali Puja-Diwali and Chhath, and the number of infections from festive days suggest that the intervention was effective.

“The court will probably issue instructions for the Christmas-New Year spell as well, although there are is no pandal-hopping or fireworks involved in that phase,” added the minister.

Bengal’s total of Covid-19 cases is over 4.77 lakh now, including over 4.44 lakh recoveries and 8,322 deaths.

With 45,183 tests on Saturday, the state’s total test count went past 57.89 lakh, at 64,328 tests per million people. The positive confirmation rate is 8.25 per cent.

Of the total toll, 6,963 or 83.7 per cent are comorbid deaths.

“Lowering the mortality rate is an area where the improvement has been very slow for us, despite several measures, for many months now. This is an area that will get more intervention, over the next couple of months,” said the minister.

The state reported 28.06 per cent occupancy in the 13,538 beds earmarked for Covid-19 in the 102 dedicated hospitals for the pandemic, besides over 4.9 lakh telemedicine consultations so far this pandemic.