Bengal reports 793 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths: state’s recovery rate 98.01 per cent

The state’s recovery rate is currently at its all-time high of 98.01 per cent, fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.33

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.81 per cent on Thursday.: File picture

Special Correspondent   |   TT  |   Calcutta   |   23.07.21: Bengal on Thursday logged 966 Covid-19 recoveries, 793 new infections and 13 deaths, recording a drop in its total number of active cases for the 32nd day on the trot.

The state’s total active cases fell by 186 to 12,205 on Thursday, which was also the 18th straight day of less than 1,000 new infections in a day detected since the second wave.

Bengal’s recovery rate is currently at its all-time high of 98.01 per cent, fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.33.

Calcutta logged 57 new cases and four deaths.

“The next important milestones we have set our sights on are a recovery rate of over 98.5 and fewer than 10,000 active cases,” said a minister.

With Calcutta and North 24-Parganas, the two districts worst hit in the second wave, logging 57 and 92 new infections, Thursday was also the 15th consecutive day since the second wave when not one of Bengal’s 23 districts reported a three-digit figure of new cases. Twenty-one districts reported double-digit figures while Murshidabad and Purulia reported single-digit figures.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.81 per cent on Thursday.

Of the 13 deaths, four were reported from Calcutta and three from North 24-Parganas. Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Thursday, while Jalapiguri, Nadia, East Midnapore and South 24-Parganas reported one each.

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

Bengal now has over 15.21 lakh Covid-19 cases in all since the first was detected in March last year. It includes 14.9 1 lakh recoveries and 18,040 deaths.