Bengal logs 679 more cases, 709 recoveries and 10 deaths: daily positive confirmation rate is 1.73 per cent
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The total number of active infections fell by 41 to 9,594 after 62 continuous days of slide
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Calcutta reported 70 new cases and two deaths. With North 24-Parganas logging 84 new cases, Saturday was the 16th straight day of no Bengal district reporting a three-digit figure of new cases in a day.: Shutterstock |
TT Correspondent | Calcutta | 22.08.21: Bengal on Saturday recorded 679 new Covid-19 infections, 709 recoveries and 10 deaths.
The total number of active cases fell by 41 to 9,594 after 62 continuous days of slide.
Calcutta reported 70 new cases and two deaths. With North 24-Parganas logging 84 new cases, Saturday was the 16th straight day of no Bengal district reporting a three-digit figure of new cases in a day. Sixteen districts also reported zero deaths. Bengal’s recovery rate is 98.19 per cent, its highest in the pandemic, 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 1.73 per cent on Saturday.
The state’s mortality rate is 1.19 now, while that of the nation is 1.34 per cent.
The state currently has over 15.42 lakh Covid-19 cases since the first was reported in March last year, the figure including more than 15.14 lakh recoveries and 18,356 deaths.
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