Covid: Bengal completes 100 days of drop in active cases- recovery rate 97.3%,

The recovery rate rose for 103 consecutive days to touch 97.3%, still leading the national rate by 0.2%

On Wednesday, the state reported 21,812 tests, taking the total number of swab samples examined past 80.58 lakh. The tests per million people are 89,535.: Shutterstock

The Telegraph   |   Calcutta   |   04.02.21 : Bengal on Wednesday completed 100 days of a drop in active Covid-19 cases as the number of patients under treatment fell to 5,196 from 37,190 on Vijaya Dashami on October 26.

The total of active cases is now back almost to where it was 222 days ago, on June 26 last year. On Wednesday, the state recorded 303 recoveries, 201 infections and seven deaths, including two in Calcutta.

The recovery rate rose for 103 consecutive days to touch 97.3 per cent, still leading the national rate by 0.2 per cent. The state’s positive confirmation rate is 7.08 per cent now, having fallen steadily for 75 days.

On Wednesday, the state reported 21,812 tests, taking the total number of swab samples examined past 80.58 lakh. The tests per million people are 89,535.

Bengal’s total of Covid-19 cases is over 5.7 lakh, including more than 5.55 lakh recoveries and 10,195 deaths.

The state attributed 8,562 (84 per cent) of the total deaths to comorbidities.

Bengal’s mortality rate remained 1.78, while the national rate also was unchanged at 1.43 per cent.