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Bengal logs 695 new cases, 749 recoveries and 13 deaths

Bengal logs 695 new cases, 749 recoveries and 13 deaths

Calcutta logged 122 new infections and North 24-Parganas 102, the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure
The state’s recovery rate remained 98.24 per cent, ahead of the national rate of 97.42.: File photo
Meghdeep Bhattacharyya   |   TT  |  Calcutta   |   03.09.21  :  Bengal on Thursday logged 74 straight days of a fall in its total active Covid-19 cases, with 695 new infections, 749 recoveries and 13 deaths.

The state has 8,734 active cases now, with a drop of 67 on Thursday. It has 2.22 per cent of the national total of active cases, and is seventh among states with the highest number of such cases.

Calcutta logged 122 new infections and North 24-Parganas 102, the only two of the state’s 23 districts with a three-digit figure. Six districts reported a single-digit figure.

Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Thursday. Calcutta reported one death and North 24-Parganas three deaths.

The state’s recovery rate remained 98.24 per cent, ahead of the national rate of 97.42.

The daily positive confirmation rate, which was nearly 33 per cent at the peak of the second wave, was 1.73 per cent on Thursday.

Sixteen Bengal districts reported zero deaths on Thursday. Calcutta reported one, while North 24-Parganas reported three.

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

The state currently has nearly 15.5 lakh Covid-19 cases, since the first was reported in March last year. The total includes close to 15.23 lakh recoveries and 18,472 deaths.

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