Bengal's recovery rate, inching up for 47 consecutive days- recovery rate 93.59 per cent

Bengal on Tuesday reported 2,971 Covid-19 recoveries, 2,941 new infections and 49 deaths, with 16 of them from Calcutta

Total active cases fell by 13,440 to reach 23,750 on Tuesday. Shutterstock

Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |   TT   |   Calcutta   |    09.12.20  :  Bengal on Tuesday reported 2,971 Covid-19 recoveries, 2,941 new infections and 49 deaths, with 16 of them from Calcutta.

However, the state’s decline in total active cases continued unabated for the 43rd consecutive day since Dashami on October 26. Since Dashami, total active cases fell by 13,440 to reach 23,750 on Tuesday.

The state’s recovery rate, inching up for 47 consecutive days now since 87.44 of October 22, stands at 93.59 per cent now. The national rate now is 94.61 per cent.

“We (Bengal) had dropped to 28th spot among states in terms of recovery rate. Now we have risen to 21st spot. We would like to be in the top 10 in another month,” said a minister.

In the 43 days since Dashami, Bengal recorded over 1.65 lakh recoveries, outweighing the 1.54 lakh new infections reported.

“We were looking to end this year with less than 23,000 active cases and a recovery rate of over 95. While we are on track for the second goal, the first appears a little uphill at the moment,” admitted the minister.

The state now has nearly 5.08 lakh Covid-19 cases, including 4.75 lakh recoveries and 8,820 deaths. Bengal’s mortality rate is 1.73, behind the national rate of 1.45 per cent. Of the total toll, 7,389 or 83.8 per cent deaths were attributed to comorbidities.

With 44,230 tests on Tuesday, the state’s total test count is past 62.11 lakh at 69,017 tests per million people. The positive confirmation rate is 8.18 per cent. The state reported 23.72 per cent occupancy in 13,588 beds earmarked for Covid-19 in 102 dedicated hospitals for the pandemic, besides over 5.16 lakh telemedicine consultations so far.