Bengal logs 842 new infections and 16 deaths, recovery rate is 98.02 per cent

The state now has a total of over 15.22 lakh active cases since the first was detected in March last year

Bengal now has a total of over 15.22 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was detected in March last year. It includes nearly 14.92 lakh recoveries and 18,056 deaths.: Shutterstock

Special Correspondent   |   TT  |   Calcutta   |   24.07.21 :  Bengal on Friday logged 942 Covid-19 recoveries, 842 infections and 16 deaths, recording a drop in its total of active cases for the 33rd consecutive day.

The total of active cases fell by 116 to 12,089 on Friday, the 19th successive day of less than a thousand new infections detected since the onset of the second wave.

Bengal now has a total of over 15.22 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was detected in March last year. It includes nearly 14.92 lakh recoveries and 18,056 deaths.

The recovery rate is currently at the state’s all-time high of 98.02 per cent, fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.32.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.72 per cent on Friday.

With Calcutta logging 57 new infections and North 24-Parganas 87, Friday was the 16th consecutive day since the second wave struck, when not one of Bengal’s 23 districts reported a three-digit figure of new infections. Eighteen districts reported double-digit figures of new infections in a day, while North and South Dinajpurs, Malda, Murshidabad and Purulia reported single-digit figures.

Of the 16 deaths, none was reported from the city, and three from North 24-Parganas. Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Friday, while Jalapiguri, Malda and Howrah logged just one each.

The state’s mortality rate is 1.19, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.