Active Covid-19 cases fall below 9,000 in Bengal, recovery rate 98.23 per cent

The state’s recovery rate was 98.23 per cent, the highest ever this pandemic, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.5

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Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |   TT  |  Calcutta   |   31.08.21: Bengal on Monday recorded 510 new Covid-19 infections, 647 recoveries and 11 deaths.

The state’s total number of active cases fell by 148 to 8,922, below 9,000 for the first time since April 3, 149 days ago. Monday marked 71 consecutive days of a fall in active cases.

“These milestones are timely morale-boosters, more so ahead of the pan-India fears of a third wave,” said a minister.

Calcutta logged 81 new infections and two deaths.

Monday was again the second consecutive day of none from Bengal's 23 districts reporting a three-digit figure of new infections. Nine districts reported a single-digit figure.

The state’s recovery rate was 98.23 per cent, the highest ever this pandemic, still fairly ahead of the national rate of 97.5.

The daily positive confirmation rate, nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.85 per cent on Monday.

Seventeen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Monday. The state’s mortality rate is 1.19 per cent, while that of the nation is 1.34.

The state currently has over 15.48 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was reported in March last year. The total includes nearly 15.21 lakh recoveries and 18,434 deaths.