Covid-19: Bengal logs 188 infections - 264 recoveries, 188 infections and four deaths, recovery rate 97.47 per cent.

The total of active cases, which was 37,190 on Dashami (October 26), has fallen to 4,233, having improved by 88.61 per cent

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Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |   TT   |   Calcutta   |    13.02.21 : Bengal on Friday logged 264 Covid-19 recoveries, 188 infections and four deaths, including three in the city.

The total of active cases, which was 37,190 on Dashami (October 26), has fallen to 4,233, having improved by 88.61 per cent. The state recorded the drop for the 109th consecutive day since Vijaya Dashami last year.

Bengal now has over 5.72 lakh total Covid-19 cases, since the first was reported on March 17 last year, including more than 5.57 lakh recoveries and 10,229 deaths.

Since October 26, the state reported over 2.47 lakh recoveries, outweighing the 2.18 lakh infections detected. In this window of 109 days, the state logged 3,683 deaths.

The recovery rate rose for 112 consecutive days to touch 97.47 per cent. The national rate now is 97.3.

The state’s positive confirmation rate is 6.93 per cent now, having fallen steadily for 84 days. On Friday, the state reported 24,110 tests, taking the total past 82.56 lakh, at 91,735 tests per million people.

Of the total death toll, 8,587 (83.9 per cent) were attributed to comorbidities.

Bengal’s mortality rate remained 1.78, while the national rate was 1.42 per cent.