At 666, Bengal logs lowest daily count since March 26, 1,006 recoveries and 12 deaths

The state reported 29 successive days of a drop in its total number of active cases, with 1,006 recoveries and 12 deaths

Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths and Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Howrah and Hooghly one each.: Shutterstock

Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |   TT  |  Calcutta   |   20.07.21: Bengal on Monday reported 666 new Covid-19 infections, the lowest in a day since March 26, 115 days ago.

The state logged 29 successive days of a drop in its total number of active Covid-19 cases, with 1,006 recoveries and 12 deaths. The number of active cases fell by 352 to reach 12,759. Monday was also the 15th straight day of fewer than 1,000 new infections in a day.

Calcutta logged 53 new infections and no deaths. North 24-Parganas logged in 93 cases and two deaths.

Monday was the 12th successive day since the second wave when not one of Bengal’s 23 districts reported a three-digit figure of new infections. Seventeen districts reported double-digit figures and North and South Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Purulia single-digit figures.

Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths and Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Howrah and Hooghly one each.

Bengal’s recovery rate is at an all-time high of 97.97 per cent, with the national rate at 97.34. The state’s mortality rate is 1.19, while the nation’s is 1.32 per cent.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.65 per cent on Monday, indicating the shrink in Covid-19 spread.

“This is beginning to look a lot like the pre-second wave period of relative normality. Over the next few days, we hope to see fewer than 500 new cases being found in a day. The total number of active cases should fall to below 10,000 again in 10 days or less,” said a minister.

The state now has a total of nearly 15.19 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was detected in March last year. It includes 14.88 lakh recoveries and 18,011 deaths.