Covid: 2-week dip in active cases in Bengal -Drop from 37,190 to 34,021, going back to the level of October 18

With 44,346 tests on Monday, Bengal’s test total went past 49.59 lakh, at 55,101 tests per million people.

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Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |  TT   |  Calcutta   |  10.11.20  :  For two straight weeks since Durga Puja, Bengal on Monday reported a drop in its total of active cases. 

Total active cases dropped from 37,190 to 34,021 in 14 days, going back to the level of October 18. This apart, Bengal logged 3,907 new cases and 4,396 recoveries.

The state reported 57,764 recoveries in the 14 days after Puja, outweighing the 55,399 new cases detected.

Calling this a “spectacular defiance of apprehensions”, a state minister said: “It brought a lot of relief to the state government and made the chief minister (Mamata Banerjee) very happy.” 

Bengal’s total Covid-19 caseload is 4.09 lakh now, including nearly 3.68 lakh recoveries and 7,350 deaths. Fifty-six deaths were reported on Monday, including 13 from Calcutta. 

The minister reminded that Calcutta High Court had intervened to prevent a worsening of the pandemic over Durga Puja and issued a similar set of instructions over Kali Puja-Diwali. 

“If we can manage to pull that off, we will have secured a major improvement by Christmas,” he said.

Bengal’s recovery rate, a new high of 89.89 per cent now, inched closer to the national rate of 92.58. But the state’s mortality rate is 1.79 now, lagging behind the national rate of 1.47 per cent. Of the state’s total toll, 6,157, or 83.8 per cent, were attributed to comorbidities.

With 44,346 tests on Monday, Bengal’s test total went past 49.59 lakh, at 55,101 tests per million people.